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[ sey -ling ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈseɪ lɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the activity of a person or thing that sails.
the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings every other day.
Navigation . any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or with reference to longitudes and latitudes, rhumb lines, great circles, etc.
Origin of sailing before 900; Middle English seiling, Old English seglung. See sail, -ing1
OTHER WORDS FROM sailing well-sailing, adjective Words nearby sailing sailboat, sail close to the wind, sailcloth, sailer, sailfish, sailing , sailing boat, sailing length, sailing ship, sail into, sailmaker
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Example sentences from the Web for sailing But instead he pursued a life of science, sailing all over the world to study animal species and their environments.
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The book begins with Jack sailing on a British army supply ship heading for Africa during World War II.
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The problem of serving she solved by sailing my plate to the table as if playing Frisbee.
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But with the help of their pals at the Upright Citizens Brigade, they seem to be sailing through seamlessly.
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We are sailing across the ocean and we are replicating the escape of the children of Israel from Egypt.
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Whaling is done in three different ways: from canoes, from boats sent off by sailing ships, and from steamers direct.
The day appointed for sailing was fast approaching, and had to make all speed to get through various engagements in Manilla.
Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas | W. Hastings Macaulay
Sailing into the mouth of a river they saw vines laden with The Discovery.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing
Which should be the fortunate one she should not decide until a week before the date fixed for sailing .
Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 | Various
Then there was signaling between the Montauk and her own neighbor destroyer about sailing formation in the danger zone.
Tom Slade on a Transport | Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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British Dictionary definitions for sailing noun the practice, art, or technique of sailing a vessel
a method of navigating a vessel rhumb-line sailing
an instance of a vessel's leaving a port scheduled for a midnight sailing
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