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sailing
[ sey-ling ]
/ ˈseɪ lɪŋ /
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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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM sailing
well-sailing, adjectiveWords nearby sailing
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British Dictionary definitions for sailing
sailing
/ (ˈseɪlɪŋ) /
noun
the practice, art, or technique of sailing a vessel
a method of navigating a vesselrhumb-line sailing
an instance of a vessel's leaving a portscheduled for a midnight sailing
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