adv
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
v
(transitive) To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.
v
(nautical) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
v
(intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
v
Obsolete form of cruise. [(intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.]
n
(nautical) A false or incorrect reckoning of position.
v
(transitive) To put in a barge.
adj
(nautical, of a ship) With some or all of her cannons removed.
v
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To pay a social visit on another ship at sea.
n
Outdoor recreational activities including, among others, backpacking, rock climbing, mountaineering and whitewater kayaking.
n
Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress.
v
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
v
(by extension) To rest; to take a break from working.
n
Alternative form of life car [A watertight boat or box, travelling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the shore, and used to haul people through the waves.]
v
(nautical) To extend an additional quantity of sail (i.e. to spread a sail or sails).
n
A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled-up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.
v
(transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
n
(by extension) Something that is simple, straightforward, or easy; something that offers no troubles or difficulties.
v
(transitive) To convey on a raft.
v
(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
v
(transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
v
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
v
(nautical) To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, but still making headway
v
(obsolete, nautical) To act in an unusual manner; to behave differently.
v
Obsolete spelling of sail [To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.]
adv
With a sailing motion.
v
(intransitive, dated) To do the work of a sailor.
v
To depart on a voyage by boat.
n
(uncommon, chiefly in fiction) A ship shaped like a swan.
n
(rowing) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
v
(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.
v
(sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
v
To pay for one's voyage by working while on board, rather than by paying a fare.
n
(specifically, nautical) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
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