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sail

/seɪl/ /seɪl/
  1. 1
    (gemiyle/tekneyle) gitmek, seyretmek Maritime

    To travel on water in a boat or ship, especially using wind power.

    • They decided to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.
      Atlantik Okyanusu'nu tekneyle geçmeye karar verdiler.
    • We sailed along the coast for three days.
      Üç gün boyunca kıyı boyunca seyrettik.
  2. 2
    denize açılmak, (gemi) kalkmak Maritime

    To begin a journey on a boat or ship.

    • The ship will sail at dawn.
      Gemi şafakta denize açılacak.
    • Our ferry sails for the island at nine o'clock.
      Feribotumuz adaya saat dokuzda kalkıyor.
  3. 3
    yelken yapmak, yelkenli kullanmak Sailing

    To control a boat with sails, often as a sport or hobby.

    • My uncle taught me to sail when I was ten.
      Amcam bana on yaşındayken yelken yapmayı öğretti.
    • She sails her small boat on the lake every weekend.
      Her hafta sonu küçük yelkenlisini gölde kullanıyor.

Verb Forms Regular

Base sail
/seɪl/
Past sailed
/seɪld/
Participle sailed
/seɪld/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edsail → sailed

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /l/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. sailed /seɪld/

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Collocations

sail a boatsail acrosssail awaysail into portsail smoothlysail the seas

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