sailing
Americannoun
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the activity of a person or thing that sails.
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the departure of a ship from port.
The cruise line offers sailings every other day.
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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.
noun
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the practice, art, or technique of sailing a vessel
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a method of navigating a vessel
rhumb-line sailing
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an instance of a vessel's leaving a port
scheduled for a midnight sailing
Other Word Forms
- well-sailing adjective
Etymology
Origin of sailing
before 900; Middle English seiling, Old English seglung. See sail, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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It is also rerouting all sailings on its IMX service that connects India and the Middle East with the Mediterranean around the Cape of Good Hope until further notice.
The Ford was sailing toward Israel, adding a second carrier to the armada of American naval and air power in the region.
As soon as his second book was published, Elisha would be sailing to England to present one of the first copies to Sir Franklin’s widow in London.
From Literature
I was out at the woodpile, splitting kindling, when he came sailing out of the henhouse.
From Literature
The world's largest vessel, the US aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford, was photographed sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar to enter the Mediterranean on Friday.
From Barron's
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