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What (who) is sail - definition
Sail (disambiguation)
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
SAIL; Sails (disambiguation)
A sail is any type of surface intended to move a vessel, vehicle or rotor by being placed in a wind.
sail
![Fijian]] voyaging [[outrigger boat]] with a [[crab claw sail]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atlas pittoresque pl 096.jpg?width=200 "Fijian]] voyaging [[outrigger boat]] with a [[crab claw sail]]")
![lateen rig]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bgl3t.jpg?width=200 "lateen rig]]")
 and down wind (left).jpg?width=200 "Aerodynamic forces for two points of sail. <br />''Left-hand boat'':<br />Down wind—predominant ''drag'' propels the boat with little heeling moment. <br />''Right-hand boat'':<br />Up wind (close-hauled)—predominant ''lift'' both propels the boat and contributes to heel.")
![angles of attack]] and resulting (idealized) flow patterns that provide propulsive lift.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sail angles of attack and resulting flow patterns.jpg?width=200 "angles of attack]] and resulting (idealized) flow patterns that provide propulsive lift.")
.svg?width=200 "Corners and sides of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail")
![foils]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bladerider-8.jpg?width=200 "foils]].")
![[[Windsurfer]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Funboard.jpg?width=200 "[[Windsurfer]].")
![[[Formula 16]] [[catamaran]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bladef16-1up.jpg?width=200 "[[Formula 16]] [[catamaran]].")
![DN class]] [[ice boat]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DN ice boat--Ice Nine--Lake Sunapee NH.jpg?width=200 "DN class]] [[ice boat]].")
FABRIC OR OTHER SURFACE SUPPORTED BY A MAST TO ALLOW WIND PROPULSION
Sails; Sail area; Sail and sail-making
I. v. n.
1.
Make sail, put to sea, get under way, set sail, begin a voyage.
2.
Pass by water.
3.
Swim.
4.
Fly smoothly.
5.
Glide, float.
II. v. a.
Navigate.
sail
FABRIC OR OTHER SURFACE SUPPORTED BY A MAST TO ALLOW WIND PROPULSION
Sails; Sail area; Sail and sail-making
I
n.
1) to hoist, raise the sails; to make sail
2) to let out the sails
3) to furl, take in a sail; to reduce; slacken sail
4) to trim ('adjust') the sails
5) to lower, strike the sails
6) (misc.) to set sail for ('to leave for by ship, boat'); to make sail ('to set out on a voyage')
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to sail along (to sail along the coast)
2) (d; intr.) to sail around, round (to sail around the world)
3) (d; intr.) to sail down (to sail down a river)
4) (d; intr.) to sail for (to sail for Europe)
5) (d; intr.) to sail from; to (to sail from New York to Liverpool)
6) (d; intr.) to sail into (the ship sailed into port)
7) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to sail into ('to attack') (the opposing candidates sailed into each other)
8) (d; intr.) to sail through (to sail through the straits)
9) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to sail through ('to cope with easily') (she just sailed through her finals)
10) (d; intr.) to sail up (to sail up the river)
Examples of use of sail
1. The event was open to any small boat powered by paddle, oar, sail, or paddle and sail.
2. Japan tested solar sail deployment on a suborbital flight and Russia deployed a solar sail outside its old Mir space station, but neither involved controlled flight, Friedman said.
3. The measure should sail through Congress, dominated by Chavez loyalists.
4. Yet the plan continues to sail toward implementation.
5. "People often sail all the way up from Australia.