Synonyms of the word

sail

• n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the…
• n. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
• n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• n. (dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
• n. The blade of a windmill.
• n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
• n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
• n. (fishing) A sailfish.
• n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
• n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
• v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled…
• v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
• v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
• v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
• v. To move briskly.

boat

• n. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or…
• n. (poker slang) A full house.
• n. A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
• n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly…
• n. (Australia, politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees…
• v. (intransitive) To travel by boat.
• v. (transitive) To transport in a boat.
• v. (transitive) To place in a boat.

canvas

• n. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
• n. A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
• n. A basis for creative work.
• n. (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
• n. (nautical) sails in general.
• n. A tent.
• n. A painting, or a picture on canvas.
• n. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show…
• n. Alternative spelling of canvass.
• v. To cover an area or object with canvas.
• v. Alternative spelling of canvass.

canvass

• n. A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
• n. A tally, audit and certification of votes.
• v. To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
• v. To conduct a survey.
• v. To campaign.
• v. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
• v. To examine by discussion; to debate.

cruise

• n. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
• n. (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent…
• v. (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
• v. (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
• v. (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity…
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about…
• v. (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation,…
• v. (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly.

journey

• n. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
• n. (obsolete) A day.
• n. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
• n. (obsolete) A day's work.
• v. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

navigate

• v. (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft etc on a…
• v. (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To move from page to page on the internet or within a program by clicking on…

sheet

• n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
• n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping,…
• n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
• n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
• n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
• n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
• n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
• n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
• n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
• n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
• n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
• n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
• v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
• v. Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
• v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

sweep

• v. (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
• v. (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
• v. (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
• v. (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
• v. (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To move something in a particular motion, as a broom.
• v. (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
• v. (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that…
• v. (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
• v. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
• v. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
• v. To strike with a long stroke.
• v. (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
• v. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
• n. A single action of sweeping.
• n. The person who steers a dragon boat.
• n. A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
• n. A chimney sweep.
• n. A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
• n. (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
• n. A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team…
• n. A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
• n. (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
• n. Violent and general destruction.
• n. (metalworking) A movable templet for making moulds, in loam moulding.
• n. (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
• n. The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
• n. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
• n. A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
• n. (refining, obsolete) The almond furnace.
• n. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise…
• n. Any of the blades of a windmill.
• n. (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
• n. Any of several sea chubs in the kyphosid subfamily Scorpidinae.

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

voyage

• n. A long journey, especially by ship.
• n. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
• v. To go on a long journey.