sailing
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- noun
- /ˈseɪlɪŋ/
:
vela
- My wife doesn't like sailing.
- a sailing boat
- sailing around the world
- a sailing vessel
But that ship, your ship is meant for sailing.
- But that ship, your ship is meant for sailing.
- That's icebergs and and sailing and holes in the ground.
- It kind of reminded me of like like sailing and like Malibu in LA.
- The Olympic class is the most nut sailing sport we've ever seen.
Examples
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After weeks of training, the team was excited for their first sailing competition this weekend.
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Are you going sailing?
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Yeah, but he got me on the sailing team.
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You want some really great sailing?
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I've read everything ever published about sailing.
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One island-hopped in a small sailing boat with her husband and young child to conduct research.
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In Dove, Graham describes his own five-year trip sailing around the world.
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I also teach sailing.
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I just love sailing.
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Riding on replica sailing rafts, modern-day navigators retrace the routes of ancient Ecuadorian seafarers.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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A trip by boat for pleasure on the sea
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Going out on a boat for pleasure
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Sailing or cruising in a yacht for pleasure
An activity of moving a boat on water using a large cloth and wind, often for fun or sport
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A large armed ship that uses sails and carries heavy guns before the mid 1800s
How Challenging
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sailing The word sailing comes from sail, originally the large 'cloth' that catches the wind to move a boat. So, sailing today means the activity or sport of travelling by a boat with sails.