sail — meaning in English

English meaning

• dross noun Waste or impure matter.
• ess noun The name of the letter S.
• heel noun The rounded back part of the foot, or the corresponding part of a shoe or sock.
• willow noun A tree or shrub with long, slender, often drooping branches, usually found near water.

Senses

sail is used for these senses in English:

• ess The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
• heel (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
• willow The wood of these trees.

dross — full definition

1. noun Waste or impure matter.
2. noun Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
3. noun The impurities in metal.
4. noun A waste product from working with metal.

ess — full definition

1. noun The name of the letter S.
2. noun Something curved or shaped like the letter S.

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