Sailing

Word SAILING
Character 7
Hyphenation sail ing
Pronunciations /ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Sailing"

What do we mean by sailing?

The skill required to operate and navigate a vessel; navigation. noun

The sport of operating or riding in a sailboat. noun

Departure or time of departure from a port. noun

The act of one who or of that which sails. noun

The art or rules of navigation; the art or the act of directing a ship on a given line laid down in a chart; also, the rules by which a ship's tack is determined and represented on a chart, and by which the problems relating to it are solved. noun

The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage. noun

The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation. noun

Formerly, a warrant officer, ranking next below a lieutenant, whose duties were to navigate the vessel; and under the direction of the executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the hold, to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that of master in 1862. noun

Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise noun

Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel noun

The time of departure from a port noun

Travelling by ship adjective

Present participle of sail. verb

The activity of flying a glider noun

The work of a sailor noun

The departure of a vessel from a port noun

Riding in a sailboat noun

To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.

To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.

To set sail; to begin a voyage.

To move briskly and gracefully through the air.

To move briskly.

A sport that includes leaping over centerboard housing every time you tack causing lots of bruises and cuts on your legs; especially in a 420 (by the way - it's a type of boat - nothing to do with pot dumbasses) and if you are lucky enough not to be cut or bruised on your legs you probably have a concussion from being too slow to duck during a tack or gybe. Urban Dictionary

The Greatest Sport in the world. Where you sail a boat via the sail catching wind. You can also race sailboats in something called a regatta this is equivelent to a swim meet on a boat, consisting of a number of races where the boat who did the best overall wins the regatta. Urban Dictionary

The fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense. Urban Dictionary

A Euphemism for smoking marijuana in ithaca. Urban Dictionary

Easy riding - doing something with out problems Urban Dictionary

To smoke weed and drive at the same time. Urban Dictionary

The act of attending a meeting directly after having consumed some amount of alcohol, especially if drank with others also in attendance. Urban Dictionary

A sport dominated by the whites for over 100 years. it was stolen from the black man as a result of slavery Urban Dictionary

The stupidest of stupidest sports on earth. Where nothing but snobby assholes take part in. Where they park there beautiful European cars at the marina parking lot and then go sailing. Urban Dictionary

Sailing: (v.) to manhandle the wind as to propel a sailboat on the very edge of catastrophe. see also: insanity, beastlyness, and epic. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sailing

The word "sailing" in example sentences

A British cruiser chased us fruitlessly for two days off Sierra Leone, and enabled me not only to test the sailing qualities, but to get the _sailing trim_ of the "Estrella," in perfection. ❋ Theodore Canot (N/A)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Team New Zealand says it will compete in sailing's 2011 Volvo Ocean Race and expects former America's Cup-holder Alinghi to also take part. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Andrés de Urdaneta sets sail from the Philippine Islands on what eventually becomes recognized as a landmark voyage in sailing history. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Team New Zealand says it will compete in sailing's 2011 Volvo Ocean Race and expects former America's Cup-holder Alinghi to also take part. sailing | Comment | Recommend ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It seems to me the headwind into which we're sailing is not so extreme as it's been for half a century," said Charles Ballard, an economics professor at Michigan State University. ❋ Dan Balz (2010)

"No point in sailing today, unless you desire a net full of kelp." ❋ Cromsblood (2009)

So had the steward, who had spent most of a life-time in sailing-ships. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From now on it is plain sailing, and Seattle suddenly seems quite near. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ulysses was nine days in sailing from Ismarus, the city of the Ciconians, to the country of the Lotus-eaters — a period of time which to-day would breed anxiety in the hearts of the underwriters should it be occupied by the slowest tramp steamer in traversing the Mediterranean and Black seas from Gibraltar to Sebastopol. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I too see the irony that sailing is seen as the next big thing but the boost is a BIG deal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Easy pop maybe; however, there will be a few, holy than though, investigators that might just now be realizing that its not all plain sailing when dealing with people and evidence. on December 4, 2008 at 6: 16 pm | Reply Spitting Feathers ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Maybe the pure giddiness I remember of sailing is a good thing to approach now I'm cusping on middle age .... preempt the whole only 24 hours thingo and just be the nike ad. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Run into any issues or has it been smooth sailing from the get go? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Tourism Secretary has announced that a weekly 600-passenger cruise has begun sailing from the island of Cozumel via the port of Calika, near Cancún, to the port of Progreso in the state of Yucatan. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The first mark was the deepest and after that it was such plain sailing that it has now become a habit. ❋ Unknown (2006)

[Sailing] is [the best] [sport] EVERRR ❋ Sailor_Savvy (2007)

[Sailing] Rules. [Comon] [Everyone's] doing it ❋ Tom Russell (2005)

I'm [gonna] [go] sailing ❋ Yo Momma (2003)

Yo, [trevor] and I went sailing on the [420] [boat]. ❋ Wang (2004)

We [lost] [the pigs] its [smooth sailing] from here on ❋ Anonymous (2003)

one of [my favorite] [activities] is sailing through [the city]. ❋ Thidr0 (2009)

"This [meeting's] going to be such a headache- let's go sailing to make it go a little [smoother]." Or "You seemed pretty content in that [judicial] meeting..." "It helped that I was sailing it." ❋ 52008 (2010)

sailing is [bad] ❋ Poop Man (2003)

[Com'n] [Norbert]! Let's go [Sailing]! ❋ Kevin Baines (2006)

Dude, [you wanna go] [sailing] today? It's blowing 35 [knots] Did you expect me to say anything other than YES? ❋ MajorSailor (2009)

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