asail
/əˈseɪl/
asail adjective: in the state of sailing.
Adjective
asail (not comparable)
- in the state of sailing
- Tonight the church seems to have a separate existence, apart from the world or even Rome; to be more spiritual, more insubstantial than even the Trinita there. A ship asail in the Campagna, the only living thing in all that distance, and even then alive but so half-heartedly.1901, Edward Hutton, Frederic Uvedale: A Romance, page 196
- And that night, Stephen and I went back to my house here in Los Angeles, got drunk and decided that we would try one more time to get this ship asail.1980, Graham Nash, quoted in 2009, Dave Zimmer, Four Way Street: The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Reader, page 235
Origin of asail
From a- + sail.
Words that rhyme with asail
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
Questions about asail
- What does asail mean?
- Asail means in the state of sailing.
- What part of speech is asail?
- Asail is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce asail?
- Asail is pronounced /əˈseɪl/.
Words near asail in the dictionary
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