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sailing

noun sail·ing \ ˈsā-liŋ \
|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Definition of sailing

1 a : the technical skill of managing a ship : navigation
b : the method of determining the course to be followed to reach a given point
2 a : the sport of handling or riding in a sailboat
b : a departure from a port

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Examples of sailing in a Sentence

  1. They're going sailing next week.

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First Known Use of sailing

before 12th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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SAILING Defined for English Language Learners

sailing

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Definition of sailing for English Language Learners

  • : the sport or activity of traveling on water in a sailboat

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