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Look up: sail

  1. SAIL
    acronym: Steel Authority of India Limited
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. sail
    [n] - a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel 2. [v] - travel in a boat propelled by wind 3. [v] - traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Sail
    A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) which is used to propel a sailing vessel.
    Found on http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_mod

  4. SAIL
    1. (body, education) Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. 2. (language) Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language. 3. (language) An early system on the Larc computer. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. [Jargon File] (2001-06-22)
    Found on

  5. sail
    sheet of canvas or strong textile material cut to a particular shape and hemmed and usually fitted with eyelets or other fastening devices Category: Various industries and crafts • describes a specific deployment state of an automatic parachute,deployed with a static line and deployment bag which pulls the vent in the flight direction before separation.The canopy forms a sail with its ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Sail
    Sail noun [ Middle English seil , Anglo-Saxon segel , segl ; akin to Dutch zeil , Old High German segal , G. & Swedish segel , Icelandic segl , Danish seil . √ 153.] 1. 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. « Behoves him now ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/6

  7. Sail
    Sail intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sailed ; present participle & verbal noun Sailing .] [ Anglo-Saxon segelian , seglian . See Sail , noun ] 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/6

  8. Sail
    Sail transitive verb 1. 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. « A thousand ships were manned to sail the sea.» Dryden. 2. To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through. « Sublime she sails The aërial space, and mounts the wingèd gales.» < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/6

  9. sail
    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 the action of steam or other power. ... 2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. ... 3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton. ... 4. To set ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. sail
    noun a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Sail
    A `sail` is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind—in essence a vertically-oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail

  12. Sail
    • (n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. • (n.) A wing; a van. • (n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage. • (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. • (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. • ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. sail
    (from the article `Edaphosaurus`) ...3.5 metres (11.5 feet) long, with a short, low skull and blunt conical teeth. The head was very small in comparison with the massive barrel-like ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/7

  14. sail
    (from the article `energy conversion`) ...Persian millwright of 644, although windmills may actually have been used earlier. These mills, erected near what is now the Iran–Afghanistan ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/7

  15. sail
    an extent of fabric (such as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a ship through water.[6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/7

  16. Sail
    a piece of cloth that catches or directs the wind and so powers a vessel.
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  17. sail
    sail: see sailing.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sports/A09


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