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seafaring

[see-fair-ing]

adjective

  1. traveling by sea.

  2. following the sea as a trade, business, or calling.

  3. of, relating to, or occurring during a voyage on the sea.



noun

  1. the business or calling of a sailor.

  2. traveling by sea.

seafaring

/ ˈːˌɛəɪŋ /

adjective

  1. travelling by sea

  2. working as a sailor

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of travelling by sea

  2. the career or work of a sailor

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seafaring1

1150–1200; early Middle English safarinde (adj.); sea, fare, -ing 2, -ing 1
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The government has referred to the ships as being "decrepit and dangerous" as well as being responsible for "reckless seafaring".

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In August, the rocket’s reusable first stage toppled into the ocean during a failed routine landing on a seafaring barge.

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Two more films followed, with 2019’s seafaring tale “The Lighthouse” and the epic 2022 Viking fable “The Northman” revealing new strengths in writing and directing that hadn’t been immediately visible in Eggers’ debut.

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A seafaring albatross, stretching out its sail-like airfoils, lives a very different life from a ground-dwelling antpitta with its long legs and short, stubby wings that it uses in rare, short bursts of flight.

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The animated musical about the seafaring Polynesian princess delivered a domestic Thanksgiving Day haul of $28 million — the largest Turkey Day bounty ever, according to studio estimates released Friday.

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