sailing

sailing

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of sailing in English

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (sailing).

Verb

sailing

  1. present participle of sail

Adjective

sailing (not comparable)

  1. Travelling by ship.
Derived terms
  • sailing boat
  • sailing ship
  • sailing dinghy
  • sailing vessel
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sailyng, seyling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (sailing), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (sailing); equivalent to sail +‎ -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (sailing), Swedish segling (sailing), Icelandic sigling (sailing).

Noun

sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)

  1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
  2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
  3. the time of departure from a port
  4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
Derived terms
  • clear sailing
  • plain sailing
Translations

References

  • “sailing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais

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