There was a ship sailing on the sea.
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Sailing
//ˈseɪ.lɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sailing" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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2 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
10 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
61 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- Lundrim adj (travelling by ship)
Arabic
1 entries- إِبْحَار noun (motion across water)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ветроходен adj (travelling by ship)
- ветроходство noun (motion across water)
- ветроходство noun (skill to operate a vessel)
- отплаване noun (time of departure)
Catalan
1 entries- navegació a vela noun (motion across water)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 航行 noun (motion across water)
Czech
1 entries- plachtění noun (motion across water)
Dutch
1 entries- zeilen noun (motion across water)
Esperanto
4 entries- lofi adj (travelling by ship)
- navigi adj (travelling by ship)
- veladi adj (travelling by ship)
- ŝipiri adj (travelling by ship)
Finnish
4 entries- purjehdus adj (travelling by ship)
- purjehtiva adj (travelling by ship)
- lähtöaika noun (time of departure)
- navigointi noun (skill to operate a vessel)
French
2 entries- navigation la voile noun (motion across water)
- navigation à voile noun (motion across water)
Galician
1 entries- vela noun (motion across water)
German
2 entries- segeln adj (travelling by ship)
- Segeln noun (motion across water)
Greek
2 entries- ιστιοπλοΐα noun (motion across water)
- ιστιοπλοΐα noun (skill to operate a vessel)
Hebrew
2 entries- שַׁיִט adj (travelling by ship)
- שֵׁיט מִפְרָשִׂים noun (motion across water)
Hungarian
1 entries- vitorlázás noun (motion across water)
Italian
1 entries- navigazione noun (motion across water)
Japanese
1 entries- 帆走 noun (motion across water)
Korean
1 entries- 항해 noun (motion across water)
Latin
1 entries- velificatio noun (motion across water)
Macedonian
1 entries- пловење noun (motion across water)
Norwegian
1 entries- seilende adj (travelling by ship)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- seilas noun (motion across water)
- seiling noun (motion across water)
- seiling noun (scheduled voyage)
- seiltur noun (motion across water)
Occitan
1 entries- navegacion a vela noun (motion across water)
Polish
3 entries- żeglować adj (travelling by ship)
- żeglarstwo noun (motion across water)
- żeglowanie noun (motion across water)
Portuguese
2 entries- navegação noun (motion across water)
- vela noun (motion across water)
Russian
1 entries- па́русный спорт noun (motion across water)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- jedrenje noun (motion across water)
- једрење noun (motion across water)
Spanish
4 entries- velerista adj (travelling by ship)
- navegación noun (motion across water)
- navegación a vela noun (motion across water)
- náutica noun (skill to operate a vessel)
Swedish
2 entries- seglande adj (travelling by ship)
- segling noun (motion across water)
Tagalog
1 entries- paglalayag adj (travelling by ship)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Bad weather prevented them from sailing.
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I would if I could, but I'm taking sailing lessons this week.
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Many boats are sailing on the sea.
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