Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Usage example: the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly
Sail is a synonym for fly in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Sail" instead a verb "Fly", when it comes to topics like move, take wing, take to the air.
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Both words in one sentence
- You now get the option to choose to sail or fly, but while flying gets rid of random encounters, it also drains your Mana Meter constantly (and the ship is incapable of flying over mountains or even trees).
Source: Global Airship -
If It Swims, It Flies: The airship comes pre-installed with the ability to both sail and fly.
Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy V -
Somehow it's possible to achieve an engineering miracle like building an elevator through the center of the Earth, but it's become impossible to fly or sail across the Earth (despite the movie showing that traveling and living through these dead zones is still possible).
Source: Film / Total Recall (2012)
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Sail and Fly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fly/sail
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