SAIL

noun a wing; a van.

2. sail ·noun to set sail; to begin a voyage.

3. sail ·noun the extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

4. sail ·noun a sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

5. sail ·noun anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.

6. sail ·vt to fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.

7. sail ·noun to move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.

8. sail ·noun a passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

9. sail ·vt to direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.

10. sail ·noun to be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from london to canton.

11. sail ·noun to move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.

12. sail ·vt to pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.

13. sail ·noun an extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

14. sail ·noun to be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.