different between sail vs drift
sail
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?l/, [se???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: sale
Etymology 1
From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English se?l, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *segl?. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Swedish segel.
Noun
sail (countable and uncountable, plural sails)
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- The blade of a windmill.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:sail
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English si?lan (“to sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglijan, from *siglijan?. Cognate with West Frisian sile, Low German seilen, Dutch zeilen, German segeln, Swedish segla, Icelandic sigla.
Verb
sail (third-person singular simple present sails, present participle sailing, simple past and past participle sailed)
- 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 steam or other power.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- [flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"] A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies.
- (intransitive) To move briskly.
Derived terms
- sail close to the wind
Translations
External links
- Sail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sial
Basque
Noun
sail
- area
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sail. Doublet of zeil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?l/
- Hyphenation: sail
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
sail n (plural sails)
- (nautical) The fin or sail of a submarine.
- Synonym: toren
Irish
Alternative forms
- sal
Etymology
From Old Irish sal, from Proto-Celtic *sal?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sal?/
Noun
sail f (genitive singular saile)
- dirt, dross, impurity
- stain, defilement
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “sal” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 589.
- "sail" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “sail” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Volapük
Noun
sail (nominative plural sails)
- (nautical) sail
Declension
Derived terms
- sailan
- sailön
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin solea (“sole”).
Noun
sail f (plural seiliau, not mutable)
- base, basis, foundation
- Synonym: sylfaen
Derived terms
- seiliedig (“established; fundamental”)
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “sail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
sail From the web:
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drift
English
Etymology
From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reyb?- (“to drive, push”). Equivalent to drive +? -th; cognate with North Frisian drift (“drift”), Saterland Frisian Drift (“current, flow, stream, drift”), Dutch drift (“drift, passion, urge”), German Drift (“drift”) and Trift (“drove, pasture”), Swedish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Icelandic drift (“drift, snow-drift”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: dr?ft, IPA(key): /d??ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Noun
drift (countable and uncountable, plural drifts)
- (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
- Anything driven at random.
- Some log perhaps upon the waters swam, a useless drift.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- 1855, Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorations: The second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
- We […] got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice].
- 2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 168:
- Many of these ground-layer plants were placed in naturalistic drifts to make it appear as if they were sowing themselves.
- 1855, Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorations: The second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
- cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drifts doing much damage to the high ways)
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- 1867, E. Andrews, "Observations on the Glacial Drift beneath the bed of Lake Michigan," American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. 43, nos. 127-129, page 75:
- It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences.
- 1867, E. Andrews, "Observations on the Glacial Drift beneath the bed of Lake Michigan," American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. 43, nos. 127-129, page 75:
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- (obsolete) A driving; a violent movement.
- 1332, author unknown, King Alisaunder
- The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings.
- 1332, author unknown, King Alisaunder
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt The Principal Navigations
- Our drift was south.
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt The Principal Navigations
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- Anything driven at random.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- 1678, Robert South, Prevention of Sin an unvaluable Mercy, sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon on November 10, 1678
- A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose.
- 1678, Robert South, Prevention of Sin an unvaluable Mercy, sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon on November 10, 1678
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- c. early 1700s, Joseph Addison, A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning
- He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general.
- c. early 1700s, Joseph Addison, A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (handiwork) A tool.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- 1975, Broadcast Management/engineering (volume 11)
- Reference sync servo system — permits minimal time-base error, assuring minimum jitter and drift.
- 1975, Broadcast Management/engineering (volume 11)
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- 1970, Michael Pate, The Film Actor: Acting for Motion Pictures and Television (page 64)
- There is another form of drift when playing in a scene with other actors.
- 1970, Michael Pate, The Film Actor: Acting for Motion Pictures and Television (page 64)
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
- (nautical) Movement.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- Slow, cumulative change.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drift (third-person singular simple present drifts, present participle drifting, simple past and past participle drifted)
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- 1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua
- I was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria
- 1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
Derived terms
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz, cognate with Swedish drift, English drift, German Trift, Dutch drift. Derived form the verb *dr?ban? (“to drive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dreft/, [?d??æfd?]
Noun
drift c (singular definite driften, plural indefinite drifter)
- (uncountable) operation, running (of a company, a service or a mashine)
- (uncountable) service (of public transport)
- (psychology) drive, urge, desire
- (uncountable) drift (slow movement in the water or the air)
- drove (driven animals)
Derived terms
References
- “drift” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drift, also dricht, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-West Germanic *drifti, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dr?ft/
- Hyphenation: drift
- Rhymes: -?ft
Noun
drift f (plural driften)
- passion
- strong and sudden upwelling of anger: a fit
- urge, strong desire
- violent tendency
- flock (of sheep or oxen)
- deviation of direction caused by wind: drift
- path along which cattle are driven
Derived terms
- driftig
- geestdriftig
- aandrift
- geestdrift
- sneeuwdrift
- driftbui
- driftkikker
- driftsneeuw
Descendants
- Afrikaans: drif
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tr?ft/
Noun
drift f (genitive singular driftar, nominative plural driftir)
- snowdrift
Declension
Synonyms
- drífa
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse drift
Noun
drift f or m (definite singular drifta or driften, indefinite plural drifter, definite plural driftene)
- operation (av / of)
Derived terms
References
- “drift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse drift
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dr?ft/
Noun
drift f (definite singular drifta, indefinite plural drifter, definite plural driftene)
- operation (av / of)
- drift (being carred by currents)
- drive (motivation)
Derived terms
- driftskostnad
- driftsmessig
- firehjulsdrift
- gruvedrift
References
- “drift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse dript, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.
Noun
drift c
- urge, instinct
- operation, management (singular only)
Declension
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- what drift means
- what drifts away
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- what driftwood do plecos need
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