sails
/seɪlz/
sails is the plural of sail.
sails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sail.
Meaning of sail
Noun
sail (countable and uncountable, plural sails)
- 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.
- When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
- The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- Take in sail: a storm is coming.
- Synonyms:
- canvass
- 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.
- Let's go for a sail.
- A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- Twenty sail were in sight.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
Noun (1)
sails (plural sails)
- The sailmaker on board ship.
Noun (2) capitalized: SAILs
SAILs
- plural of SAIL
Forms of sails
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Phrases with sails
- set sails
- drag sails
- gaff sails
- sets sails
- drift sails
- light sails
- smoke sails
- solar sails
- storm sails
- photon sails
- riding sails
- square sails
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- balloon sails
- sails through
- setting sails
- working sails
- electric sails
- scudding sails
- studding sails
- crab claw sails
- topgallant sails
- trim one's sails
- sails the Red Sea
- trims one's sails
- trimmed one's sails
- trimming one's sails
- sails close to the wind
- sails under false colors
- shoulder-of-mutton sails
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- took the wind out of someone's sails
- knock the wind out of someone's sails
- taken the wind out of someone's sails
- takes the wind out of someone's sails
- knocks the wind out of someone's sails
- taking the wind out of someone's sails
- knocked the wind out of someone's sails
- knocking the wind out of someone's sails
- mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
- mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
Words that rhyme with sails
Questions about sails
- What does sails mean?
- Sails means the sailmaker on board ship.
- What is sails the plural of?
- Sails is the plural of sail.
- What part of speech is sails?
- Sails is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sails?
- Sails is pronounced /seɪlz/.
- What is the plural of sails?
- The plural of sails is sails.
Words near sails in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sails (page history and authors); SAILs (page history and authors); sail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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