Sail vs Sale - What's the difference?
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(nautical) 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.
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(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
(dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail .
The blade of a windmill.
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
(fishing) A sailfish.
(paleontology) an outward projection of the
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
* Spenser
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.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
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To move briskly.
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
The sale of goods at reduced prices.
The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
As nouns the difference between sail and sale
is that sail is 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 while sale is a hall.As a verb sail
is 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.As a proper noun Sale is
a town in Greater Manchester, England.sail
English
(wikipedia sail)Etymology 1
From (etyl) 'to cut'. More at saw.Noun
(en noun)- When we have laugh'd to see the sails conceive / And grow big-bellied with the wanton wind;
- Let's go for a sail .
- Twenty sail were in sight.
- We caught three sails today.
- Like an eagle soaring / To weather his broad sails .
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* balloon sail * by sail * drag sail * dragon sail * point of sail * sailback * sailboard * sailboat * sailcloth * sailer * sailfish * sailing * studding sail * set sail * take the wind out of someone's sails * topsail * working sailEtymology 2
(etyl) , cognate to earlier Middle Low German segelen and its descendant Low German sailen.Verb
(en verb)- We sail for Australia tomorrow.
- As is a winged messenger of heaven, / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air.
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