Englishsail
verb
1 we sailed across the Atlantic:
go by water, go by sea, go on a sea voyage, voyage, steam, navigate, cruise, ride the waves.
3 we sail tonight:
set sail, put to sea, put out (to sea), leave port, leave dock, leave harbor, hoist sail, raise sail, weigh anchor, put off, shove off.
5 untidy gray clouds were sailing past a pale moon:
glide, drift, float, flow, slide, slip, sweep, skim, coast, skate, breeze, flit.
6 a pencil sailed past his ear:
whiz, speed, streak, shoot, whip, whoosh, buzz, zoom, flash, blast, career, fly, wing, kite, skite, scud;
informal scorch, tear, zap, zip.
7 the ball sailed high into the air:
soar, wing, wing its way, take to the air, fly, ascend, mount, climb, arc, curve.
□ sail into□ sail through
he really sailed into the driver of the other car:
attack, set upon, set about, fall on, assault, assail, tear into, weigh into, lay into, light into, pitch into, turn on, lash out at, hit out at, strike out at, (let) fly at, lash, round on, drub, thump, batter, hammer, pummel, beat, paste, thrash, belabor, lambaste, berate, abuse;
informal let someone have it;
British, informal have a go at.