sail

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
2. The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
3. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
4. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. The conning tower of a submarine.
7. The blade of a windmill.
8. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
9. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
10. A sailfish.
11. an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
12. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

Verb

1. 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 steam or other power.
2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
3. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
6. To move briskly but sedately.
7. To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.

Konzepte

Segel

segeln

fahren

Törn

Windmühlenflügel

abfahren

median

ablegen

schippern

Navigation

Schifffahrt

Seefahrt

Seereise

Fahrstrecke

Flugstrecke

Boot fahren

Schiff fahren

schwimmen

treiben

Segelfahrt

schiffen

Schiff

durchfließen

durchschwimmen

hinüberschwimmen

vorbeiziehen

Flügel ''m'' -s

Segelschiff

auslaufen

einlaufen

Fahrt

rauschen

Wagenplane

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/seɪl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.