Move and Sail

Move

Move verb - To change the place or position of.

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Sail and move are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sail" instead a verb "Move".

Nearby Words: moving, moved, movement, mover, movable

Sail verb - Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions.

Usage example: Shreds of paper sailed through the air

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Move and sail are semantically related in air topic. Sometimes you can use "Move" instead a verb "Sail".

Nearby Words: sailed, sailing, sailor, sailer

special	special move	special sail
similar	similar move	similar sail
normal	normal move	normal sail
specific	specific move	specific sail
Other adjectives: regular, big, new, extra, classic, different.

parts	move parts	sail parts
way	move way	sail way
object	move object	sail object
earth	move earth	sail earth
Other words: home, mountains, story, distance, ship.

It's still not advisable to just sail randomly throughout hyperspace because the grav waves do move, and most of the galaxy and major grav waves in hyperspace haven't been mapped.

Source: Corralled Cosmos
In 2011, a build team test showed that you actually can move a sailboat that way (though it's very inefficient, and takes a really big sail).

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Live-Action TV
A massive army with major bonuses, no upkeep, access to almost free religious mercenaries, that can move faster than ships can sail and is available on demand?

Source: Gamebreaker / Total War

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