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sail
/seɪl/

sail

🇺🇸 American English
/seɪl/
🇬🇧 British English
/seɪl/
🇷🇺 Russian
[plɨtʲ]
Meaning of sail

to travel on water in a boat

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Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/seɪl/
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sail

When to use sail

sail across the lake

Завтра мы поплывём через озеро.

sail smoothly in this

Лодка будет плыть ровно при таком ветре.

sail usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Завтра мы поплывём через озеро.

We will sail across the lake tomorrow.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Лодка будет плыть ровно при таком ветре.

The boat will sail smoothly in this wind.

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How to pronounce sail and what this word means

sail translation: плыть. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce sail

/seɪl/

sail translation

плыть

sail examples

We will sail across the lake tomorrow.

sail transcription

/seɪl/, /seɪl/

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sail meaning: what does it mean?

to travel on water in a boat

sail pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

sail is pronounced as /seɪl/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

sail definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

We will sail across the lake tomorrow. Translation: Завтра мы поплывём через озеро.

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