sailed
SAYLD/seɪld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of sail. Use this form when the sailing already happened.
They sailed around the bay all afternoon.
We sailed home before the storm arrived.
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- 2Having the sails up and spread to catch the wind.
The fully sailed clipper raced ahead of the dark clouds.
A sailed boat glided quietly into the harbor at dusk.
- 3Having sails of a certain kind, or a certain number of them.
The harbor was crowded with two-sailed fishing boats at dawn.
A lateen-sailed dhow drifted slowly past the old stone pier.
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sailed is a form of sail
sail, verb: To travel in a boat, especially one that uses sails. Full entry
- Spelling
- sail → sailed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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