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sailing

sai·ling

UK/ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/ US/ˈseɪlɪŋ/ fairly common
noun (4) adjective (1)

noun

1.

the work of a sailor

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2.
3.

the departure of a vessel from a port

4.

adjective

1.

traveling by boat or ship

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Origin

From Middle English seyling, sayling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (“sailing”); equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (“sailing”), Swedish segling (“sailing”), Icelandic sigling (“sailing”).

Phrases

  • clear sailing
  • land sailing
  • oblique sailing
  • plain sailing
  • plane sailing
  • rhumb sailing
  • sailing boat
  • sailing dinghy

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