sail
/seɪl/
verbnoun
4 letters1 syllable4 points in Scrabble®5 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
VERB
1
Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions.
“Shreds of paper sailed through the air”
2
Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.
“The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow”
3
Travel on water propelled by wind.
“I love sailing, especially on the open sea”
“the ship sails on”
4
NOUNTraverse or travel on (a body of water).
“We sailed the Atlantic”
“He sailed the Pacific all alone”
1
An ocean trip taken for pleasure.
2
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
3
Any structure that resembles a sail.
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®4 points
Words With Friends®5 points
Double word8 points
Triple word12 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinailsay
Starts & ends withS … L
Syllablessail
SYNONYMS & RELATED9
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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