sailing

Pluralsailings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The sport or activity of moving across water in a boat pushed by the wind.

   Like riding a bike that the wind pushes along instead of your legs.

   She took up sailing the summer she turned twelve.

   Sailing means reading the wind and adjusting the sails all the time.

   Similaryachting

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of sail. Use this form for an action happening right now.

   They are sailing to the island this weekend.

   We spent all day sailing along the coast.

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The skill of steering and guiding a boat or ship across water.

   Like knowing how to drive a car, but for a boat out on the water.

   Good sailing means knowing how to read the wind and the currents.

   She learned her sailing from an old fisherman down the coast.

   Similarseamanship, navigation

4. 4
   adjective

   Going from place to place by ship.

   The sailing party reached the harbor after a week at sea.

   Sailing merchants once carried goods across the whole sea.

   Similarseafaring, seagoing

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A planned trip made by a ship or ferry at a set time.

   Like a bus that leaves at a set time, but out on the water.

   We missed the early sailing and had to wait two hours.

   The ferry's last sailing leaves at nine tonight.

   Similarcrossing, departure, voyage, service, trip

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The set time when a ship leaves a port.

   Like the time printed on a train ticket telling you when to be ready.

   Sailing is at noon, so get to the dock early.

   Passengers must be aboard an hour before sailing.

   Similardeparture, embarkation

   Oppositearrival

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