sail

(Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
3. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
4. (countable, uncountable) A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
5. (countable, dated, uncountable) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. (countable, uncountable) The conning tower of a submarine.
7. (countable, uncountable) The blade of a windmill.
8. (countable, uncountable) A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
9. (countable, uncountable) The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
10. (countable, uncountable) A sailfish.
11. (countable, uncountable) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
12. (countable, uncountable) 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. (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
6. (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
7. (transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/seɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: saile

Overgenomen van Oudengels: seġl

Verwant aan Fries: seil

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Segel

Verwant aan Nederlands: zeil

Verwant aan Duits: Segel

Verwant aan Deens: sejl

Verwant aan Zweeds: segel

Overgenomen van Middelengels: sailen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: seġlan

Verwant aan Fries: sile

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: seilen

Verwant aan Nederlands: zeilen

Verwant aan Duits: segeln

Verwant aan Deens: sejle

Verwant aan Zweeds: segla

Verwant aan IJslands: sigla

In summary

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.

Concepten

zeil

zeilen

afvaren

varen

velum

zeiltocht

zeilschip

uitvaren

besturen

verzeilen

zwerven

bevaren

stevenen

uitzeilen

molenwiek

vleugel

schip

🚢

Synoniemen

navigate

cruise

canvas

voyage

float

drift

set sail

sheet

glide

drive

fly

✈️

depart

leave

bob

pilot

🧑‍✈️

canvass

go away

row

skitter

boat

⛵

soar

move gently

go

yacht

sweep

wing

🪽

cloth

sailing ship

sailing-ship

sails

scud

set off

set out

slide

start

steam

strut

swagger

swim

🏊

swim across

tarp

throw

take the field

towelling

tower

trip

vane

begin a journey

hoist sail

large amount