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crowded sail

crowded sail is the simple past and past participle of crowd sail.

Meaning of crowd sail

Verb

crowd sail (third-person singular simple present crowds sail, present participle crowding sail, simple past and past participle crowded sail)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
    • the Spaniards busied themselves in making the most of a sudden favourable change of wind, and, without much regard to order, were crowding sail to get near the land.1827, William James, The Naval History of Great Britain […]

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What is crowded sail the simple past and past participle of?
Crowded sail is the simple past and past participle of crowd sail.

Words near crowded sail in the dictionary

  1. crowd-sourcing
  2. crowded
  3. crowded in
  4. crowded in on
  5. crowded out
  6. crowded sail
  7. crowded together
  8. crowded up
  9. crowdedly
  10. crowdedness
  11. Crowdell

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