{
    "term": "sail",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "sail",
            "heSheIt": "sails"
        },
        "pastSimple": "sailed",
        "pastParticiple": "sailed",
        "ingForm": "sailing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to travel on water using sails or an engine",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.sail something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to sail into harbour",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dinghy sailed smoothly across the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ferry sails from Newhaven to Dieppe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the first people to sail around the world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flotilla will sail north to Hawaii."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to sail the Atlantic",
                    "contextForm": "sail something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his young days he had sailed the seas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boat sailed serenely on towards the horizon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sailed on a large ocean liner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were sailing from Dover to Calais."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water", "Sports: water sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gracefully", "serenely", "smoothly"],
                "verb + sail": ["know how to", "learn to", "teach somebody to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "around", "round"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to control or travel on a boat with a sail, especially as a sport",
            "sensetop": "sail something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you **go sailing** often?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the first woman to sail solo around the world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sails her own yacht.",
                    "contextForm": "sail something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to sail the boat between the rocks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I learned to sail as a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sailed the boat out into the middle of the lake."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gracefully", "serenely", "smoothly"],
                "verb + sail": ["know how to", "learn to", "teach somebody to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "around", "round"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to begin a journey on water",
            "sensetop": "sail for something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We sail at 2 p.m. tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sailed for the West Indies from Portsmouth.",
                    "contextForm": "sail for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ferry sails for Southampton at 5.30."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gracefully", "serenely", "smoothly"],
                "verb + sail": ["know how to", "learn to", "teach somebody to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "around", "round"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to move quickly and smoothly in a particular direction; (of people) to move in a confident manner",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "clouds sailing across the sky"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ball sailed over the goalie's head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sailed past, ignoring me completely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An owl sailed silently out of the branches."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to take a risk by doing something that is dangerous or that may be illegal",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Danger"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪl/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sail__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪlz/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sails__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪld/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sailed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sailing__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪl/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sail__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪlz/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sails__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/seɪld/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sailed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/sail/sailing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English segel (noun), seglian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeil and German Segel (nouns)."
}