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aspa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sail noun A large piece of fabric rigged on a boat to catch the wind and drive it forward.
  • vane noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.

Senses

aspa is used for these senses in English:

  • sail (nautical) 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.
  • vane Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.

sail — full definition

  1. noun A large piece of fabric rigged on a boat to catch the wind and drive it forward.
  2. verb To travel across water using wind power or, more generally, by boat or ship.
  3. verb To move smoothly and effortlessly through the air or through a situation.

vane — full definition

  1. noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.
  2. noun A flat blade mounted on an axis that is turned by, or used to turn, a moving fluid, as in a turbine or windmill.
  3. noun The flat, web-like part of a feather formed by the barbs on either side of the central shaft.

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