'Sailed' definitions:
Definition of 'Sailed'
From: GCIDE
- Sail \Sail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sailing.] [AS. segelian, seglian. See Sail, n.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To set sail; to begin a voyage. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. [1913 Webster]
- As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . . When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Sailed'
- Sail,
- Sailing,
- Under sail,
- sail for,
- sail into,
- sail through,
- Circular sailing,
- Composite sailing,
- Depth of a sail,
- Drag sail,
- Drift sail,
- Globular sailing,
- Hand sail,
- Lifting sail,
- Light sails,
- Parallel sailing,
- Plane sailing,
- Press of sail,
- Right sailing,
- Sail burton,
- Sail coat,
- Sail fluke,
- Sail hook,
- Sail loft,
- Sail room,
- Sail yard,
- Sailing master,
- Smoke sail,
- Square sail,
- Storm sail,
- Strange sail,
- Studding sail,
- To back the sails,
- To bring a sail to,
- To crowd sail,
- To flatten a sail,
- To heave out a sail,
- To loose sails,
- To make sail,
- To point a sail,
- To sail fine,
- To sail free,
- To sail large,
- To sail on a rhumb,
- To set a sail,
- To set sail,
- To shake the sails,
- To shorten sail,
- To strike sail,
- To touch a sail,
- Traverse sailing,
- Trim of sails,
- Water sail,
- Wind sail,
- balloon sail,
- clear sailing,
- drop of a sail,
- lateen sail,
- plain sailing,
- sailing boat,
- sailing ship,
- sailing vessel,
- sailing warship,
- set sail,
- smooth sailing,
- square sails,
- topgallant sail,
- Full-sailed,
- Great circle sailing,
- Weather of a windmill sail,
- sailing-race,
- Shoulder-of-mutton sail,
- To haul home the sheets of a sail,
- To take the wind out of one's sails,
- fore-and-aft sail,
- fore-and-aft sails,
- gaff-headed sail