sail
v. cruise in a sailboat, take a trip in a sailing ship; drive a sailboat, operate and navigate a sailing ship n. sheet of fabric used to catch wind and propel a sailboat; cruise, trip in a sailboat; sailboat, sailing ship; set of fabric sails for a sailboat; any device used to catch wind and generate motion | ||||
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SAIL Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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SAIL
1. <body, education> Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
2. Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language.
3. An early system on the Larc computer.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
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1. <body, education> Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
2.
3.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
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SAIL
/sayl/, not /S-A-I-L/ n. 1. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab. An important site in the early development of LISP; with the MIT AI Lab, BBN, CMU, XEROX PARC, and the Unix community, one of the major wellsprings of technical innovation and hacker-culture traditions (see the WAITS entry for details). The SAIL machines were shut down in late May 1990, scant weeks after the MIT AI Lab's ITS cluster was officially decommissioned. 2. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language used at SAIL (sense 1). It was an Algol-60 derivative with a coroutining facility and some new data types intended for building search trees and association lists.
/sayl/, not /S-A-I-L/ n. 1. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab. An important site in the early development of LISP; with the MIT AI Lab, BBN, CMU, XEROX PARC, and the Unix community, one of the major wellsprings of technical innovation and hacker-culture traditions (see the WAITS entry for details). The SAIL machines were shut down in late May 1990, scant weeks after the MIT AI Lab's ITS cluster was officially decommissioned. 2. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language used at SAIL (sense 1). It was an Algol-60 derivative with a coroutining facility and some new data types intended for building search trees and association lists.
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SAIL
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
SAIL Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Sail
(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.
(v. t.)
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
(v. t.)
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
(n.)
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
(n.)
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
(n.)
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
(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.
(n.)
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
(n.)
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
(n.)
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
(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.
(n.)
A wing; a van.
(n.)
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
(n.)
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
(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.
(v. t.)
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
(v. t.)
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
(n.)
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
(n.)
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
(n.)
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
(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.
(n.)
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
(n.)
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
(n.)
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
(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.
(n.)
A wing; a van.
(n.)
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
(n.)
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
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sail
Noun
1. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
(synonym) canvas, canvass, sheet
(hypernym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(hyponym) balloon sail
(part-holonym) sailing vessel, sailing ship
2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure
(synonym) cruise
(hypernym) ocean trip, voyage
(derivation) voyage, navigate
Verb
1. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
(hypernym) travel, journey
(derivation) cruise
2. 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"
(synonym) sweep
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) swan
(see-also) breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
(verb-group) brush, sweep
3. travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
(hypernym) boat
(hyponym) run
(derivation) cruise
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
4. travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
(synonym) voyage, navigate
(hypernym) travel, journey
(hyponym) astrogate
(derivation) cruise
Noun
1. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
(synonym) canvas, canvass, sheet
(hypernym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(hyponym) balloon sail
(part-holonym) sailing vessel, sailing ship
2. an ocean trip taken for pleasure
(synonym) cruise
(hypernym) ocean trip, voyage
(derivation) voyage, navigate
Verb
1. traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
(hypernym) travel, journey
(derivation) cruise
2. 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"
(synonym) sweep
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) swan
(see-also) breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
(verb-group) brush, sweep
3. travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
(hypernym) boat
(hyponym) run
(derivation) cruise
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
4. travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
(synonym) voyage, navigate
(hypernym) travel, journey
(hyponym) astrogate
(derivation) cruise
| Anagram |
sail
ails
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sail
sail
\sail\ (?), n. [oe. seil, as. segel, segl; akin to d. zeil, ohg. segal, g. & sw. segel, icel. segl, dan. 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 both sail and oar.
2. anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. a wing; a van. [poetic] like an eagle soaring to weather his broad sails.
4. the extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. a sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
note: in this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
6. a passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
note: sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails, and square sails. square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. a fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. see phrases under fore, a., and square, a.; also, bark, brig, schooner, ship, stay.
sail
burton (naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending.
sail
fluke (zo?l.), the whiff.
sail
hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square.
sail
loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
sail
room (naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use.
sail
yard (naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended.
similar words(39)
to set sail
shoulder-of-mutton sail
to give go run or sail large
drag sail
to bring a sail to
weather of a windmill sail
to strike sail
to heave out a sail
wind sail
to shorten sail
square sail
to touch a sail
hand sail
sail through
lifting sail
to sail on a rhumb
press of sail
to haul home the sheets of a sail
to sail fine
to sail free
to make sail
lateen sail
to point a sail
to set a sail
water sail
sail loft
topgallant sail
sail hook
sail burton
to crowd sail
sail room
storm sail
sail fluke
depth of a sail
drop of a sail
sail yard
to flatten a sail
under sail
drift sail
sail
\sail\ (?), n. [oe. seil, as. segel, segl; akin to d. zeil, ohg. segal, g. & sw. segel, icel. segl, dan. 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 both sail and oar.
2. anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. a wing; a van. [poetic] like an eagle soaring to weather his broad sails.
4. the extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. a sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
note: in this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
6. a passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
note: sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails, and square sails. square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. a fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. see phrases under fore, a., and square, a.; also, bark, brig, schooner, ship, stay.
sail
burton (naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending.
sail
fluke (zo?l.), the whiff.
sail
hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square.
sail
loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
sail
room (naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use.
sail
yard (naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended.
similar words(39)
to set sail
shoulder-of-mutton sail
to give go run or sail large
drag sail
to bring a sail to
weather of a windmill sail
to strike sail
to heave out a sail
wind sail
to shorten sail
square sail
to touch a sail
hand sail
sail through
lifting sail
to sail on a rhumb
press of sail
to haul home the sheets of a sail
to sail fine
to sail free
to make sail
lateen sail
to point a sail
to set a sail
water sail
sail loft
topgallant sail
sail hook
sail burton
to crowd sail
sail room
storm sail
sail fluke
depth of a sail
drop of a sail
sail yard
to flatten a sail
under sail
drift sail
| Irish Gaelic words and phrases |
sail
beam, cudgel
beam, cudgel
sáil
luscious, luxuriant
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sail
seol
seol
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Sail
Sail = n. a base, a foundation
Sail = n. a base, a foundation
Hwyl
Hwyl = n. a course; plight, state, or condition; a sail
Hwylbren
Hwylbren = n. a sail yard; a mast
Hwylio
Hwylio = v. to set in course; to butt; to prepare; to sail
Hwyliog
Hwyliog = a. having course; being under sail
Mono
Mono = v. to live at sea; to sail
SAIL Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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sail
no, velum
no, velum
SAIL Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Sail (n.)
mashalo-thalv
mashalo-thalv
Sail (v.)
masu-halovau (TGV), mashalovau (MGV)
SAIL Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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SAIL
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory
SAIL Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Sail (disambiguation)
A Sail is a piece of fabric used to catch the wind and propel a boat. Sail or SAIL may also refer to:
- Sail (letter), a letter of the Ogham alphabet
- SAIL Amsterdam, a tallship event held every five years in the Netherlands
- Sail Bremerhaven, also a big maritime event
- Steel Authority of India Limited, India's largest steel maker
- the Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- the main time-sharing computer at SAIL, which ran WAITS
- the SAIL programming language, created at SAIL
- Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory
- Sail (submarine), the tower-like structure on the topside of submarines.
- Sail, Pekanbaru, a subdistrict of Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia
- (Palaeozoology) A structure consisting of an elongation of the dorsal vertebrae joined by skin to give a sail-like appearance, as exemplified by several of the Pelycosauria and some of the Dinosauria (several of the Spinosauridae, Ouranosaurus, possibly Rebbachisaurus)
- SAIL High School, a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida.
- Sail (Lake District), a hill in the English Lake District
- Sail (novel), a 2008 mystery novel by James Patterson
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