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Idioms about sail
Origin of sail
First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English sail(e), seille, Old English segl; cognate with German Segel, Old Norse segl; (verb) Middle English seillen, saylen, Old English siglan, seglian; cognate with Dutch zeilen, Old Norse sigla
OTHER WORDS FROM sail
sail·a·ble, adjectivesailless, adjectiveun·sail·a·ble, adjectiveun·sailed, adjectiveWords nearby sail
said, Saida, saiga, Saigon, Saigo Takamori, sail, sailboard, sailboarding, sailboat, sail close to the wind, sailcloth
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How to use sail in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for sail
sail
/ (seɪl) /
noun
verb (mainly intr)
Derived forms of sail
sailable, adjectivesailless, adjectiveWord Origin for sail
Old English segl; related to Old Frisian seil, Old Norse segl, German Segel
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