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sailing
[ sey-ling ]
noun
- the activity of a person or thing that sails.
- the departure of a ship from port:
The cruise line offers sailings every other day.
- Navigation. any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or with reference to longitudes and latitudes, rhumb lines, great circles, etc.
sailing
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
- the practice, art, or technique of sailing a vessel
- a method of navigating a vessel
rhumb-line sailing
- an instance of a vessel's leaving a port
scheduled for a midnight sailing
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɱ-iԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
He was able to indulge his passion for sailing – having created a false ID, only returning last April after he'd run out of money.
It's not been smooth sailing but we have picked ourselves up and shown we are a top team.
Col Gracie was one of about 2,200 passengers and crew on board the Titanic sailing to New York.
Other than that, it has been smooth sailing for Mr Wood, who said his biggest challenge so far has been trying to pass the time - especially with so little to see on the open ocean.
The accusations come after the Royal Navy released images in March of a Russian warship that it tracked sailing near British waters.
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