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to easting

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To move or steer toward the east

verb

: navegar hacia el este

They spent the afternoon easting along the coast to reach the next port.

Examples

The sailors began easting at dawn to avoid the approaching storm.
After hours of easting, the ship finally spotted land on the horizon.
Don't east too quickly!
The ship will east towards the sunrise.
The sailors began easting at dawn to avoid the approaching storm.
After hours of easting, the ship finally spotted land on the horizon.
They spent the afternoon easting along the coast to reach the next port.

Surface Forms

easting infinitive

easted past

easted past participle

easting present participle

eastings third person singular

Morphology

easting = east (transparent) = east + ing

This is a regular -ing form of east, so the directional meaning is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

Easting as a verb comes from east, the word for the sunrise direction from an old German word meaning 'dawn'. To 'east' or to be 'easting' is to steer or move toward the sunrise, so think 'heading east' to remember the verb form.