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Significados de sail (sails) em inglês

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A vessel that is powered by the wind.

português
vela
catalão
vela de vaixell
espanhol
vela

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

vela
Sinônimos
Examples for "sailing ship"
Examples for "sailing ship"
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Commerce was still exclusively carried on by the sailing ship and canal-boat.
"'Tis Sixty Years Since" / Address of Charles Francis Adams; Fou...
2
She is a sailing ship, and yet appears to row very fast.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
3
A sailing ship, with sails flapping, was becalmed some distance from shore.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
4
But what about the sailing ship that was to port of us?
Facing the Flag
5
We sailed from the Broomielaw of Glasgow in the 800-ton sailing ship Wiscasset.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
1
The Argentine sailing vessel the ARA Libertad docked in the capital yesterday.
The Irish Times
2
A sailing vessel might be found the best adapted for the work.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
3
After many delays she came in a sailing vessel, but came alone.
Darkness and Daylight: A Novel
4
It is not a sailing vessel, neither can it be a steamer.
Facing the Flag
5
It was an older wreck and a sailing vessel, not a steamer.
Atlantis
português
viagem
catalão
navegar
espanhol
navegar

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

viagem
português
cruzeiros (recreio)
catalão
creuer
espanhol
crucero

An ocean trip taken for pleasure.

cruzeiros (recreio)
Uso de sails em inglês
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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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Sails ao longo do tempo
Sails nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
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