sailing

Collocations

11

1

sport

ADJ

catamaran, dinghy, etc.

VERB + SAILING

go

SAILING + NOUN

club, school | holiday, trip | boat, craft, dinghy, ship, vessel

2

journey made by boat

ADJ

daily, overnight, regular, weekday, weekend | return

VERB + SAILING

delay | suspend

PREP

~ between | ~ from, ~ to

Definitions

adj

1

Travelling by ship.

noun

1

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

2

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

3

The time of departure from a port.

4

A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

New ships were built to the order of the Great Eastern Railway, and the service frequency increased, until March 1879, saw a sailing every weekday to Rotterdam, and a thrice-weekly service to Antwerp.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the activity of flying a glider

glide
gliding
sailplaning
soaring

noun — the work of a sailor

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

smooth sailing

Used to describe an activity that is not encountering any problems.

It's all been smooth sailing; everything has gone exactly according to plan.

Example Bank

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New ships were built to the order of the Great Eastern Railway, and the service frequency increased, until March 1879, saw a sailing every weekday to Rotterdam, and a thrice-weekly service to Antwerp.

Wiktionary

02

There was a ship sailing on the sea.

Tatoeba · #27538

03

Bad weather prevented them from sailing.

Tatoeba · #28543

04

I would if I could, but I'm taking sailing lessons this week.

Tatoeba · #39486

05

Many boats are sailing on the sea.

Tatoeba · #41003

06

I belong to the sailing club.

Tatoeba · #255899