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Definition of Sailing
1. Noun. The work of a sailor.
Exact synonyms: Navigation, Seafaring
Examples of category: Leg, Tack, Tacking, Accommodation Ladder, Becket, Bilge Well, Bitter End, Chip, Deadeye, Escutcheon, Jack Ladder, Jacob's Ladder, Pilot Ladder, Laniard, Lanyard, Lead Line, Sounding Line, Luff, Overhead, Ratlin, Ratline, Rudder, Sea Ladder, Sea Steps, Mainsheet, Sheet, Shroud, Tack, Weather Sheet, Spun Yarn, Stay, Sternpost, Fireroom, Stokehold, Stokehole, Towing Line, Towing Rope, Towline, Towrope, Capsizing, Beam-ends, Bell, Ship's Bell, Steerageway, Stand Out, Starboard, Close-hauled, Fore, Atrip, Aweigh, Rigged, Unrigged, Fore-and-aft, Close To The Wind
Specialized synonyms: Cabotage
Generic synonyms: Employment, Work
Terms within: Steerage, Steering
Derivative terms: Navigational
Examples of category: Leg, Tack, Tacking, Accommodation Ladder, Becket, Bilge Well, Bitter End, Chip, Deadeye, Escutcheon, Jack Ladder, Jacob's Ladder, Pilot Ladder, Laniard, Lanyard, Lead Line, Sounding Line, Luff, Overhead, Ratlin, Ratline, Rudder, Sea Ladder, Sea Steps, Mainsheet, Sheet, Shroud, Tack, Weather Sheet, Spun Yarn, Stay, Sternpost, Fireroom, Stokehold, Stokehole, Towing Line, Towing Rope, Towline, Towrope, Capsizing, Beam-ends, Bell, Ship's Bell, Steerageway, Stand Out, Starboard, Close-hauled, Fore, Atrip, Aweigh, Rigged, Unrigged, Fore-and-aft, Close To The Wind
Specialized synonyms: Cabotage
Generic synonyms: Employment, Work
Terms within: Steerage, Steering
Derivative terms: Navigational
2. Noun. Riding in a sailboat.
Generic synonyms: Seafaring, Water Travel
Specialized synonyms: Luff, Beat, Tack
Examples of category: Spill
Derivative terms: Sail
Specialized synonyms: Luff, Beat, Tack
Examples of category: Spill
Derivative terms: Sail
3. Noun. The departure of a vessel from a port.
4. Noun. The activity of flying a glider.
Exact synonyms: Glide, Gliding, Sailplaning, Soaring
Generic synonyms: Flight, Flying
Specialized synonyms: Hang Gliding, Paragliding, Parasailing
Derivative terms: Glide, Glide, Sailplane, Soar, Soar
Generic synonyms: Flight, Flying
Specialized synonyms: Hang Gliding, Paragliding, Parasailing
Derivative terms: Glide, Glide, Sailplane, Soar, Soar
Definition of Sailing
1. n. The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
Definition of Sailing
1. Noun. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise ¹
2. Noun. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel ¹
3. Noun. The time of departure from a port ¹
4. Adjective. Travelling by ship ¹
5. Verb. (present participle of sail) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sailing
1. the act of one that sails [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailing
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