sail

Noun

• any structure that resembles a sail

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Verb

• travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
  • The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow
    

• travel on water propelled by wind
  • I love sailing, especially on the open sea
    
  • the ship sails on
    

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
  • The diva swept into the room
    
  • Shreds of paper sailed through the air
    
  • The searchlights swept across the sky
    

• traverse or travel on (a body of water)
  • We sailed the Atlantic
    
  • He sailed the Pacific all alone
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cruise , canvas , canvass , sheet , voyage , navigate , sweep