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  • verb
    sails; sailed; sailing
    to travel on water in a ship or boat [no obj]
    sail across/on/over the sea/ocean
    We'll sail along/up/down the coast.
    He sailed around the world on a luxury liner. [+ obj]
    She sailed the Atlantic coastline.
    to control a ship or boat (especially one that has sails) while traveling on water [+ obj]
    She's sailing a boat in tomorrow's race.
    The ship was sailed by a crew of 8. [no obj]
    I've been sailing since I was a child.
    learning to sail
    c of a ship or boat :to travel on water [+ obj]
    a ship that has sailed the seven seas [no obj]
    We sat on the shore watching boats sail by.
    [no obj] :to begin a journey on water in a ship or boat
    We sail at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
    They sail for/to San Francisco  week.
    The ship will be ready to sail in a week.
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] :to move or proceed in an easy, quick, and smooth way
    He sailed into the room. [=he walked quickly into the room in a very confident and easy way]
    The ball sailed [=flew] over the shortstop's head.
    The bill sailed through the legislature. [=the bill passed through the legislature very easily; the bill quickly became a law]
    She sailed through the exam/course. [=she easily passed the exam/course]
    sail close to the wind
    Brit :to do something that is dangerous or that may be illegal or dishonest
    The company was sailing close to the wind, but it's not clear if they were breaking the law or not.
    noun
    plural sails
    [count] :a large piece of strong cloth that is connected to a ship or boat and that is used to catch the wind that moves the ship or boat through the water
    Wind filled the sails and our journey had begun.
    raising and lowering the ship's sails
    [singular] :a trip in a ship or boat
    a sail to San Francisco
    in full sail
    also at full sail
    of a ship or boat :moving through the water by using all of its sails
    a yacht in full sail
    set sail
    to begin a journey on water in a ship or boat
    They set sail for/from San Francisco tomorrow.
    take the wind out of someone's sails
    xem wind
    under sail
    of a ship or boat :moving through the water by using sails
    a ship under sail

    * Các từ tương tự:
    sailboard, sailboat, sailing, sailing ship, sailor, sailor suit