Movement

Synonyms for sail

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineMovement

travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

voyage

Same sentence, swapped: The QE2 will voyage to Southampton tomorrow.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for sail as it is used in the sentence above.

sledge
slide
fleet

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Closest first: other movement words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

spinnoun, verbtwistthe act of rotating rapidlyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line thrustverbstuffpress or forceTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line treadverbstepput down or press the foot, place the footTreelineHas a reason line vacateverbemptyleave behind emptyRidgelineHas a reason line whirlverbspinrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axisRidgelineHas a reason line wriggleverbtwistto move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)RidgelineHas a reason line rawadjective, nouncrudenot processed or subjected to analysisTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line readingnounindicationa datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrumentTreeline

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