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² sail

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural sails

Meaning:

1 [count] : a large piece of strong cloth that is connected to a ship or boat and that is used to catch the wind that moves the ship or boat through the water ▪ Wind filled the sails and our journey had begun. ▪ raising and lowering the ship's sails —see picture at boat
2 [singular] : a trip in a ship or boat ▪ a sail to San Francisco

in full sail also at full sail

of a ship or boat : moving through the water by using all of its sails ▪ a yacht in full sail

set sail

: to begin a journey on water in a ship or boat ▪ They set sail for/from San Francisco tomorrow.

take the wind out of someone's sails —see ¹wind

under sail

of a ship or boat : moving through the water by using sails ▪ a ship under sail

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