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SAYL/seɪl/

Sail means travel on water, often with wind: sail across the lake, sail from Dover, a boat that sails. Drive is for cars; fly is for planes. A sail as a noun is the cloth that catches the wind. Past: sailed. Do not write sale (selling, low prices) for sail — same sound.

Meaning

To travel on water in a boat that uses the wind, or to start a voyage.

Examples

• “We sailed across the lake in a small boat.”
• “They sailed along the coast in the afternoon.”
• “The ferry sails for France twice a day.”

Good to know

sail across / sail from. Noun extra: a sail (cloth). Homophone: sale (shop). Past: sailed.

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