Sail
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- (COLLOQUIAL) Cars really sail along ទៅមុខបើកយ៉ាងលឿន
noun
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- (any of the sheets of canvas, etc, spread to catch the wind and make a ship move, voyage in a ship; any sailing vessel or craft; anything resting resembling a sail, such as an arm of a windmill, sailing vessel; a journey upon the water; arm of windmill) ការធ្វើនា វាចរណ៍ ship's sail ក្ដោង, go for a sail បើកទូកក្ដោង, set sail ចេញដំណើរតាមសមុទ្រ, under sail ដែលទៅមុខដោយកម្លាំងក្ដោង
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការរសាត់អណ្តែត, ទទួលជោគជ័យដោយស្រួល
verb — past tense: sailed ; past participle: sailed ; present participle: sailing ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (to travel by water; to glide in stately fashion. -make Sail to set the sail or sails of a boat; to start a travel. -set sail to begin a sea voyage. -under sail with sails set, in motion, sailing. -sail into to begin to act vigorously) បើកទូកក្ដោង, We sail at down ចេញ (នាវា), clouds sail over head រសាត់
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to navigate; to pass in a ship; to fly through) sail a boat បើកទូកក្ដោង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
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- Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
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- The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
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- A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
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- A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
verb — past tense: sailed ; past participle: sailed ; present participle: sailing ;
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- 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 the action of steam or other power.
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- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
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- To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
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- To set sail; to begin a voyage.
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- To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
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- A wing, a van