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SAIL BEFORE THE WIND

Specialty Definition: SAIL BEFORE THE WIND

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Literature

Sail before the Wind (To). To prosper, to go on swimmingly, to meet with great success, to go as smoothly and rapidly as a ship before the wind. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: SAIL BEFORE THE WIND

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Prosperity

Verb: prosper, thrive, flourish; be prosperous; Adjective: drive a roaring trade, do a booming business; go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: SAIL BEFORE THE WIND

English words defined with "SAIL BEFORE THE WIND": run. (references)

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Modern Translation: SAIL BEFORE THE WIND

Language Translations for "SAIL BEFORE THE WIND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

purjehtia myötätuuleen. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hátszéllel vitorlázik (to sail before the wind, to sail large). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ailsay eforebay ethay indway

   

Romanian

  

naviga cu vântul în spate (sail down the wind). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SAIL BEFORE THE WIND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-e-f-h-i-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-w"

-4 letters: deliberations.

-5 letters: defibrinates, deliberation, indefeasible.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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