English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “sailed”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for sailed is sailed, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
sailed
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British English pattern result sailed The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordsailed
Hyphenationsailed
Break points0
Part of speechadjective · verb
Pronunciationseɪld
Meaning & usage

What does “sailed” mean?

sailed: (of a boat or ship) having a sail or sails of a specified kind.

Headwordsailed
Part of speechadjective · verb
Pronunciationseɪld
1
adjective

(of a boat or ship) having a sail or sails of a specified kind.

Example: “a small-sailed fishing boat”

2
verb

travel in a boat with sails, especially as a sport or recreation.

Example: “Ian took us out sailing on the lake”

Synonyms:
boat crew helm yacht go sailing skipper a boat
3
verb

move smoothly and rapidly or in a stately or confident manner.

Example: “the ball sailed inside the right-hand post”

Word breaks

How “sailed” is split

sailed

For US English, the hyphenation result is sailed. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “sailed”

How do you hyphenate “sailed”?

In the US-English result used here, sailed is hyphenated as sailed.

Where can “sailed” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “sailed” mean?

(of a boat or ship) having a sail or sails of a specified kind.

Can you use “sailed” in a sentence?

“a small-sailed fishing boat”

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