1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.

3. (n.) A wing; a van.

4. (n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

5. (n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

6. (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

7. (n.) 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.

8. (n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.

9. (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

10. (n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage.

11. (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.

12. (v. t.) 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.

13. (v. t.) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.

14. (v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.

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