"sail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sail verbo

sail + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 13
sail the ship • sail a boat • sail the seas • sail several miles • sail one's yacht • ...
verbo + sail
Kolokacji: 7
begin sailing • start sailing • forced to sail • set sail • sail before returning • ...
sail + preposición
Kolokacji: 50
sail from • sail into • sail through • sail off • sail over • sail around • sail under • sail out • sail across • sail down • sail up • ...
sail + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 49
sail away • sail high • sail directly • sail later • sail right • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(1) away, forth, slowly, onward
Kolokacji: 4
(2) high, majestically, blithely
Kolokacji: 3
(6) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(7) northward, northwards
Kolokacji: 2
1. sail northward = żegluj na północ sail northward
2. sail northwards = żagiel na północ sail northwards
  • In eight days the royal flotilla would sail northwards on the rising flood of the Nile.
  • The fleet overwintered on the island, and the following spring sailed northwards home.
  • Both were to sail northwards, and over the coming years to chart the Arctic coastline and to test whether it was navigable.
  • I slept little the night before we sailed northwards on the flood of the river for Asyut and the battle-front.
  • As the convoy sailed northwards it encountered heavy winds.
  • However, on 19 July they left Cape Town and sailed northwards.
  • After sailing northwards along the coast they made landfall in Eendrachtsland.
  • As the couple sailed northwards, some Englishmen had come aboard off Bridlington and Scarborough.
  • They sailed northwards for a day or two along the coast; then they headed out to the west.
  • Far out on the edge of the haze three small boats sailed slowly northwards, truling their nets.
(8) southward, southwards
Kolokacji: 2
(9) serenely, calmly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) smoothly, effortlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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