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{
"term": "sail",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "sail",
"heSheIt": "sails"
},
"pastSimple": "sailed",
"pastParticiple": "sailed",
"ingForm": "sailing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to travel on water using sails or an engine",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.sail something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to sail into harbour",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake."
},
{
"text": "The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe."
},
{
"text": "one of the first people to sail around the world"
},
{
"text": "The flotilla will sail north to Hawaii."
},
{
"text": "to sail the Atlantic",
"contextForm": "sail something"
},
{
"text": "In his young days he had sailed the seas."
},
{
"text": "The boat sailed serenely on towards the horizon."
},
{
"text": "We sailed on a large ocean liner."
},
{
"text": "We were sailing from Dover to Calais."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water", "Sports: water sports"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gracefully", "serenely", "smoothly"],
"verb + sail": ["know how to", "learn to", "teach somebody to"],
"preposition": ["across", "around", "round"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to control or travel on a boat with a sail, especially as a sport",
"sensetop": "sail something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast."
},
{
"text": "Do you **go sailing** often?"
},
{
"text": "the first woman to sail solo around the world"
},
{
"text": "She sails her own yacht.",
"contextForm": "sail something"
},
{
"text": "He managed to sail the boat between the rocks."
},
{
"text": "I learned to sail as a child."
},
{
"text": "We sailed the boat out into the middle of the lake."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gracefully", "serenely", "smoothly"],
"verb + sail": ["know how to", "learn to", "teach somebody to"],
"preposition": ["across", "around", "round"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to begin a journey on water",
"sensetop": "sail for something",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow."
},
{
"text": "He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.",
"contextForm": "sail for something"
},
{
"text": "The ferry sails for Southampton at 5.30."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gracefully", "serenely", "smoothly"],
"verb + sail": ["know how to", "learn to", "teach somebody to"],
"preposition": ["across", "around", "round"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "clouds sailing across the sky"
},
{
"text": "The ball sailed over the goalie's head."
},
{
"text": "She sailed past, ignoring me completely."
},
{
"text": "An owl sailed silently out of the branches."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to take a risk by doing something that is dangerous or that may be illegal",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Danger"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/seɪl/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sail__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/seɪlz/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sails__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/seɪld/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sailed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈseɪlɪŋ/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sailing__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/seɪl/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sail__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/seɪlz/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sails__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/seɪld/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sailed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈseɪlɪŋ/",
"audio": "sa/sail/sailing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English segel (noun), seglian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeil and German Segel (nouns)."
}