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sails

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sails

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, sails is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofsails

1noun
  • 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.
  • (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.

    Example: "Take in sail: a storm is coming."

  • The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
  • A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

    Example: "Let's go for a sail."

  • (plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

    Example: "Twenty sail were in sight."

  • The blade of a windmill.
  • A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
  • The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
  • A sailfish.

    Example: "We caught three sails today."

  • An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
  • Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
1verb
  • 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.
  • To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
  • To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
  • To set sail; to begin a voyage.

    Example: "We sail for Australia tomorrow."

  • To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
  • To move briskly.

    Example: "The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room."

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