sail
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Is sail a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sail?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.Examples: "When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]"countableuncountable
2. (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.Examples: "Take in sail: a storm is coming."uncountable
3. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.uncountable
4. (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.Examples: "Twenty sail were in sight."; ""[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes.""countabledateduncountable
5. (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.countableuncountable
6. (fishing) A sailfish.Examples: "We caught three sails today."countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.Examples: "We sail for Australia tomorrow."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.Examples: "The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room."intransitive
3. (card games, transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.Examples: "He would sit his hat across the room, and we would sail cards into it."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary