assail | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assault, attack, set on |
(verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: attack |
foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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gaffsail | (noun) a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff | Synonyms: gaff-headed sail |
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headsail | (noun) any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel | - |
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lugsail | (noun) a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast | Synonyms: lug |
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mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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outsail | (verb) sail faster or better than | - |
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parasail | (noun) parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car | - |
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reassail | (verb) assail again | - |
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sail | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: cruise |
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(noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sheet |
(noun) any structure that resembles a sail | - |
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind | - |
(verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sweep |
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, voyage |
(verb) traverse or travel on (a body of water) | - |
skysail | (noun) the sail above the royal on a square-rigger | - |
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spritsail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit | - |
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staysail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) | - |
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topsail | (noun) a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast | - |
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wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |