sail, v.
(sailed, sailing, sails)
freq. cnt. 17
(sailed, sailing, sails)
freq. cnt. 17
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
sail
sample sentences
"We sailed the Atlantic""He sailed the Pacific all alone"
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the river
They %s down the river
semantic pointers
hypernym
move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3
sail sweep
sample sentences
"The diva swept into the room""Shreds of paper sailed through the air"
"The searchlights swept across the sky"
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
also see
travel on water propelled by wind
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
sail
sample sentences
"I love sailing, especially on the open sea""the ship sails on"
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hyponym
run
luff, point
weather
beat
scud, rack
outpoint
tack, wear round
wear ship
jibe, gybe, jib, change course
hypernym
travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
navigate sail voyage
sample sentences
"The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form