<span class="searchmatch">sails</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">sailed</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">ˈwɪnd</span>/ (General American) IPA(key): /seɪl ˈkloʊs tə‿ðə <span class="searchmatch">ˈwɪnd</span>/ Rhymes: -ɪnd <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">sails</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> to...
sailing <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span>...
closehauled <span class="searchmatch">close</span>-hauled (not comparable) (nautical) with <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">sails</span> trimmed as <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> as possible with all <span class="searchmatch">sails</span> full and not shivering on...
<span class="searchmatch">sail</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span>. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkləʊs tə‿ðə <span class="searchmatch">ˈwɪnd</span>/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkloʊs tə‿ðə <span class="searchmatch">ˈwɪnd</span>/ Rhymes: -ɪnd <span class="searchmatch">close</span> to...
sails fine, present participle sailing fine, simple past and past participle sailed fine) (nautical) <span class="searchmatch">To</span> <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> as <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> as possible. finalise...
<span class="searchmatch">close</span> reach (plural <span class="searchmatch">close</span> reaches) (nautical) <span class="searchmatch">The</span> point of <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> where <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> is blowing just ahead of <span class="searchmatch">the</span> beam of <span class="searchmatch">the</span> vessel We're sailing on a close...
point of <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> (plural points of <span class="searchmatch">sail</span>) (nautical) A sailing vessel's course in relation <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> direction. head <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> hauled <span class="searchmatch">close</span> reach beam...
(comparative more weatherly, superlative most weatherly) (nautical, of a sailing vessel) Able <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">sail</span> <span class="searchmatch">close</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">wind</span> with little leeway. unweatherly nautical...