make sail

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Definitions of make sail words

verb with object make sail to sail upon, over, or through: to sail the seven seas. 1
verb with object make sail to navigate (a vessel). 1
verb without object make sail to move along or travel over water: steamships sailing to Lisbon. 1
verb without object make sail to manage a sailboat, especially for sport. 1
verb without object make sail to begin a journey by water: We are sailing at dawn. 1
verb without object make sail to move along in a manner suggestive of a sailing vessel: caravans sailing along. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English maken, Old English macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch maken, German machen

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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