/seɪl/
Translation
To travel across water in a boat or ship.
Word origin
From Old English seglian, to travel by ship using cloth to catch the wind.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- seglian
Grammar
Examples
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Here "sail" means to travel on water in a boat.
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"Sailed" is the past form of "sail".
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"Sails" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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