sail
1. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
canvas, canvass, sheet
• Hypernyms:
piece of cloth, piece of material
• Hyponyms:
balloon sail, crossjack, mizzen course, fore-and-aft sail, foresail,
headsail, mainsail, main-topsail, press of sail, press of canvas, royal,
save-all, skysail, square sail, topgallant, topgallant sail, topsail
• Part Holonyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
• Part Meronyms:
reef
2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
cruise
• Derivationally related forms:
cruise (for: cruise)
• Hypernyms:
ocean trip, voyage
3. any structure that resembles a sail
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
1. traverse or travel on (a body of water) (Freq. 13)
- We sailed the Atlantic
- He sailed the Pacific all alone
• Derivationally related forms:
sailor
• Hypernyms:
travel, journey
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They sail the river
- They sail down the river
2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions (Freq. 3)
- The diva swept into the room
- Shreds of paper sailed through the air
- The searchlights swept across the sky
• Syn:
sweep
• See Also:
sail through, sweep through (for: sweep)
• Derivationally related forms:
sweep (for: sweep)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
swan
• Verb Group:
brush, sweep
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. travel on water propelled by wind (Freq. 1)
- I love sailing, especially on the open sea
- the ship sails on
• Derivationally related forms:
sailing
• Topics:
navigation, pilotage, piloting
• Hypernyms:
boat
• Hyponyms:
run, luff, point, weather, beat,
scud, rack, outpoint, tack, wear round, wear ship,
jibe, gybe, jib, change course
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
4. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
- The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
• Syn:
voyage, navigate
• Derivationally related forms:
navigable (for: navigate), navigation (for: navigate), voyage (for: voyage), voyager (for: voyage)
• Hypernyms:
travel, journey
• Hyponyms:
astrogate, cruise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
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