Definitions for sailseɪl

sailseɪl(n.)

an area of canvas or other fabric extended on a ship or other vessel or vehicle to catch the wind for propulsion.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a similar apparatus, as on a windmill.
Category: Energy
a voyage or excursion esp. in a vessel with sails.
Category: Navy
sailing vessels collectively.
Category: Nautical, Navy
the sails of a ship or boat.
Category: Nautical, Navy
(v.i.)to travel on water in a ship or boat.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to manage a sailboat, esp. for sport.
Category: Nautical, Navy, Sport
to begin a journey by water.
Category: Nautical, Navy
to move along in a manner suggestive of a sailing vessel:
caravans sailing along.
to move along in a stately, effortless way:
to sail into a room.
(v.t.)to sail upon, over, or through:
to sail the seven seas.
to navigate (a vessel).
Category: Nautical, Navy
sail into, to attack vigorously; assail.
Category: Verb Phrase

set or make sail,to start a voyage.
Category: Nautical, Navy, Idiom
under sail,with sails set; in motion; sailing.
Category: Nautical, Navy, Idiom

bef. 900; (n.) OE segl, c. OFris seil, OS segel, OHG segal (G Segel ), ON segl; (v.) OE siglan, seglian

sail′less(adj.)

sail, canvas, canvass, sheet(noun)
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
cruise, sail(noun)
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail(verb)
any structure that resembles a sail
sail(verb)
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
"We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
sweep, sail(verb)
move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
"The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
sail(verb)
travel on water propelled by wind
"I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on"
voyage, sail, navigate(verb)
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

sail(verb)ɪl
(of a large sailboat or ship and its passengers) to travel or move over water
We sail from Miami to Nassau.; a ship sailing up the river
sailɪl
to control a sailboat as it moves over water
My father taught me to sail.; He sails yachts.
sailɪl
to start a trip on a large ship or sailboat
We sail at 4 a.m. tomorrow.
sailɪl
to move quickly and smoothly
She came sailing into the room in a long red gown.
sail(noun)ɪl
a piece of strong cloth attached to a sailboat to catch the wind
Take the sails down and lower the anchor.
sailɪl
a trip in a sailboat
We went for a sail.

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
Sail(noun)
anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail
Sail(noun)
a wing; a van
Sail(noun)
the extended surface of the arm of a windmill
Sail(noun)
a sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft
Sail(noun)
a passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water
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
Sail(noun)
to move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl
Sail(noun)
to be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton
Sail(noun)
to set sail; to begin a voyage
Sail(noun)
to move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird
Sail(verb)
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
Sail(verb)
to fly through; to glide or move smoothly through
Sail(verb)
to direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship

SAIL
1. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab. An important site in the early development of LISP; with the MIT AI Lab, BBN, CMU, XEROX PARC, and the Unix community, one of the major wellsprings of technical innovation and hacker-culture traditions (see the WAITS entry for details). The SAIL machines were shut down in late May 1990, scant weeks after the MIT AI Lab's ITS cluster was officially decommissioned. 2. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language used at SAIL (sense 1). It was an Algol-60 derivative with a coroutining facility and some new data types intended for building search trees and association lists.