sailing
Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwiseMotion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
Segeln
па́русный спортpárusnyj sport
(countable, uncountable)Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
(countable, uncountable)The time of departure from a port.
the departure of a vessel from a port
(countable)A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English seyling, sayling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), fromFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: sailingsSynonyms
6 synonyms- the work of a sailor:seafaringnavigation
- the activity of flying a glider:glideglidingsailplaningsoaring
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable