| Englisch > Deutsch | |
| sail | |
| 1. Verb: | |
| 2. [1] (intransitiv) segeln, fahren, reisen | |
| 3. [2] (transitiv) etwas segeln, steuern | |
| [1] He sailed around the world. | |
| Er segelte um die Welt. | |
| 4. Substantiv: | |
| 5. [1] eine Reise auf einem Segelschiff; die Segelfahrt | |
| [1] Let's go for a sail. | |
| Lass uns eine Segelfahrt machen. | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
| sail | |
| 1. subst. (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. |  |
| 2. subst. (nautical,un) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. |  |
| Take in sail: a storm is coming. |  |
| 3. subst. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport. |  |
| 4. subst. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat. |  |
| Let's go for a sail. |  |
| 5. subst. (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. |  |
| Twenty sail were in sight. |  |
| 6. subst. The blade of a windmill. |  |
| 7. subst. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. |  |
| 8. subst. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. |  |
| 9. subst. (fishing) A sailfish. |  |
| We caught three sails today. |  |
| 10. subst. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaur, dinosaurs and synapsid, synapsids |  |
| 11. subst. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing. |  |
| 12. v. 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. |  |
| 13. v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl. |  |
| 14. v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat. |  |
| 15. v. To set sail; to begin a voyage. |  |
| We sail for Australia tomorrow. |  |
| 16. v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air. |  |
| 17. v. To move briskly. |  |
| The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room. |  |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
| Segel | |
| 1. n-n. sail |  |