caique vs sail

caique

noun
  • A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling. 

  • Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites. 

sail

noun
  • A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat. 

  • A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. 

  • Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing. 

  • A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. 

  • A sailfish. 

  • The blade of a windmill. 

  • The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. 

  • The conning tower of a submarine. 

  • The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. 

  • an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids 

  • The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. 

verb
  • To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl. 

  • To set sail; to begin a voyage. 

  • To move briskly and gracefully through the air. 

  • To move briskly but sedately. 

  • To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface. 

  • To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power. 

  • To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat. 

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