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

Traverse or travel on (a body of water).

“We sailed the Atlantic”

“He sailed the Pacific all alone”

NOUN
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.

WORD FORMS
Related formsailing
Related formsailor
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Scrabble®4 points
Words With Friends®5 points
Double word8 points
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Starts & ends withS … L
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SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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