yacht
noun
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
are yachting
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present progressiveof yacht.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If private and parochial schools are divisive . . . then so are ynagogues and churches, so are yachting clubs and vets' organizations, so are Knights lemplar and Knights of Columbus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half an hour from Fife's new factories are yachting on the North Sea and golf at St. Andrews, Gleneagles and other legendary Scottish courses, where standing in line to tee off is unknown.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bluffs are quite deserted except by a bevy of children left with governesses while their parents are yachting or in Europe, and the servants in charge of the various houses.
From People of the Whirlpool by Mabel Osgood Wright
Caught by projecting bushes, she is, without his knowledge, rescued alive by some Americans, who are yachting off the coast.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
