Sailing Definition

sālĭng
noun
The act of a thing or person that sails.
Webster's New World
The skill required to operate and navigate a vessel; navigation.
American Heritage
The art of navigation.
Webster's New World
The sport of managing a sailboat, as for racing.
Webster's New World
Departure or time of departure from a port.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Driven by wind on sails.
Webster's New World
Relating to ships or shipping.
Sailing orders.
Webster's New World

Travelling by ship.

Wiktionary
verb

Present participle of sail.

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Other Word Forms of Sailing

Noun

Singular:
sailing
Plural:
sailings

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Sailing Sentence Examples

  • She sent a chair sailing across the room.

  • When only a child he liked to stand by the river and see the ships sailing past.

  • Sometimes Selkirk saw ships sailing in the distance.

  • Toby held his breath as Ully disappeared through the door to where Jared sat.  When the mad scientist wasn't sent sailing back through the door, Toby sat down to put on his shoes.

  • The coast-line of both main islands is deeply indented and many of the bays and inlets form secure and well-protected harbours, some of which, however, are difficult of access to sailing ships.

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Words Starting With

SSASAI

Words Ending With

GNGING

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sailing

Words Starting With S and Ending With G

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