Sailing
/ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise. countable, uncountable
- 2 the departure of a vessel from a port wordnet
- 3 Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel. countable, uncountable
- 4 the activity of flying a glider wordnet
- 5 The time of departure from a port. countable, uncountable
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- 6 riding in a sailboat wordnet
- 7 A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship. countable
"New ships were built to the order of the Great Eastern Railway, and the service frequency increased, until March 1879, saw a sailing every weekday to Rotterdam, and a thrice-weekly service to Antwerp."
- 8 the work of a sailor wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of sail form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Travelling by ship. not-comparable
Antonyms
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More examples"There was a ship sailing on the sea."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English seyling, sayling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (“sailing”); equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (“sailing”), Swedish segling (“sailing”), Icelandic sigling (“sailing”).