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I. sail [seɪl] N

1. sail no pl (journey):

sail
Segelfahrt f <-, -en>
sail
[Segel]törn m
to come [or go] for a sail
eine Segelfahrt machen

2. sail (material):

sail
Segel nt <-s, ->
to hoist/lower the sails
die Segel setzen/einholen
under sail
unter Segel
under sail
auf der Fahrt

3. sail (of windmill):

sail
Flügel m <-s, ->

Phrases:

to set sail
in See stechen
to set sail
auslaufen
to set sail for/from France
nach/von Frankreich absegeln

II. sail [seɪl] VB intr

1. sail:

sail (by ship)
fahren <fährt, fährst, fuhr, gefahren>
sail (by ship)
reisen
sail (by yacht)
segeln
we sailed up/down the river
wir segelten flussaufwärts/-abwärts
to sail against/before the wind
gegen den/vor dem Wind segeln
to sail around the world
die Welt umsegeln
to sail by [or past]
vorbeisegeln
to sail by [or past] fig
wie im Flug vergehen

2. sail (start voyage):

sail
auslaufen
their ship sails for Bombay next Friday
ihr Schiff läuft nächsten Freitag nach Bombay aus

3. sail (move effortlessly):

sail
gleiten <glitt, geglitten>
to sail along
dahingleiten
the clouds went sailing by quickly
die Wolken zogen rasch vorüber
the ball went sailing over the wall
der Ball segelte über die Mauer inf
she was sailing along on her bike
sie rollte mit ihrem Fahrrad dahin

4. sail (move vigorously):

sail
rauschen inf
sail
segeln
she sailed into the room
sie kam ins Zimmer gerauscht [o. inf gesegelt]
he wasn't looking where he was going, and just sailed straight into her
er passte nicht auf, wohin er ging und rauschte geradewegs mit ihr zusammen
to sail on to victory
dem Sieg entgegeneilen

5. sail fig (attack):

to sail into sb
jdn attackieren
to sail into one's opponents
über seine Gegner herfallen inf
he sailed into his wife for spending so much money every month
er herrschte seine Frau an, weil sie jeden Monat so viel Geld ausgab

6. sail (do easily):

to sail through sth
etw mit Leichtigkeit [o. spielend] schaffen
he's sailing through school
er schafft die Schule mit links
I sailed through my first pregnancy
bei meiner ersten Schwangerschaft verlief alles glatt

Phrases:

to sail against the wind
Wind von vorn bekommen fig
to sail close to [or near] the wind
sich acc hart an der Grenze des Erlaubten bewegen

III. sail [seɪl] VB trans

1. sail (navigate):

to sail a ship
ein Schiff steuern
to sail a yacht
eine Jacht segeln

2. sail (travel):

to sail the Pacific
den Pazifik befahren [o. durchsegeln]

ˈstorm sail N

storm sail
Sturmsegel nt
Present
Isail
yousail
he/she/itsails
wesail
yousail
theysail
Past
Isailed
yousailed
he/she/itsailed
wesailed
yousailed
theysailed
Present Perfect
Ihavesailed
youhavesailed
he/she/ithassailed
wehavesailed
youhavesailed
theyhavesailed
Past Perfect
Ihadsailed
youhadsailed
he/she/ithadsailed
wehadsailed
youhadsailed
theyhadsailed
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