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Meanings of sail (sails) in English

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A vessel that is powered by the wind.

Portuguese
vela
Catalan
vela de vaixell
Spanish
vela

A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.

vela
Portuguese
viagem
Catalan
navegar
Spanish
navegar

To traverse or travel by ship on a body of water.

viagem
Portuguese
cruzeiros (recreio)
Catalan
creuer
Spanish
crucero

An ocean trip taken for pleasure.

cruzeiros (recreio)
Usage of sails in English
1
The dimensions of the sails are given in the general drawing, Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
2
When I had the sails set we were passing the sea buoy.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
3
Several small Hobie Cat boats with rainbow-printed sails bobbed in the water.
Pretty Little Secrets
4
I wither on the spot; and she sails off with the prize.
Put Yourself in His Place
5
While the wind was in abeyance the men got the sails spread.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
6
The sails fluttered out in the breeze, and the anchors were weighed.
Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
7
A growing economy is the wind in the sails of Fine Gael.
The Irish Times
8
At last the breeze came; the order was given to trim sails.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
9
He would tear the sails and break the masts of the vessels.
Story Hour Readers — Book Three
10
England and Austria covered the Syrian sea-coast with their sails and guns.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
11
Skyfall demonstrated the team's ability to trim their sails to new waters.
The Irish Times
12
The waters around us were full of sails, gleaming in the sunshine.
Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
13
That will take the wind out of the optimists' sails, he said.
Reuters
14
Their sails were long the terror of both coasts of the Channel.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
15
At length the sails of the ship appear on the distant horizon.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
16
Ships sailed on the seas, their white sails swelling in the wind.
Old Peter's Russian Tales
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Translations for sails
Sails through the time
Sails across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common