sail

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sail is on the Basic English 850 List.
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Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
sail

Plural
sails
  1. (countable) A sail is a large piece of fabric (cloth) to catch wind, used on a boat or a ship.
    They folded the sail.

Verb

Plain form
sail

Third-person singular
sails

Past tense
sailed

Past participle
sailed

Present participle
sailing

  1. (intransitive) If you sail, you move by catching the wind, usually by ship on water.
    They sail around the world every year in their boat.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If you sail, you travel on a boat or ship.
    We sailed across the Atlantic to reach Spain.
    We sailed the ship to the east of the island.

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