Usually means: Fabric used to catch wind.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sails: Merriam-Webster
  2. sails: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Sail's, Sails, sail's, sails: Wordnik
  4. sails: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. SAILs, sails: Wiktionary
  6. SAILS(A), SAILS(B), SAILS(X), sails: Dictionary.com
  7. sails: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Sails (album), Sails: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Sails: Rhymezone
  10. sails: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. sails: Vocabulary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sails: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SAILS(A), SAILS(B), SAILS(X), SAILS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. sails: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sails)

▸ noun:  (nautical, slang) The sailmaker on board ship.

Similar:
cruise, navigate, voyage, sheet, sweep, canvas, sailer, sailorman, sailoring, sailship, more...

Opposite:
anchors, stays, moors, dock

Types:
mainsail, headsail, spinnaker, jib, gennaker, staysail, storm jib, ballooner, more...

Phrases:
square sails, lateen sails, studding sails, solar sails, light sails, more...

Adjectives:
white, square, top, studding, lateen, gallant, red, large, old, black, lower



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Similar:
cruise, navigate, voyage, sheet, sweep, canvas, sailer, sailorman, sailoring, sailship, more...

Opposite:
anchors, stays, moors, dock

Types:
mainsail, headsail, spinnaker, jib, gennaker, staysail, storm jib, ballooner, more...

Phrases:
square sails, lateen sails, studding sails, solar sails, light sails, topgallant sails, storm sails, trim sails, trimming sails, trimmed sails, after sails, photon sails, take the wind out of sails, more...

Adjectives:
white, square, top, studding, lateen, gallant, red, large, old, black, lower



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