seafaring
seafaring · more seafaring · most seafaring
мореходный
Living one's life at seaLiving one's life at sea.
Meaning
2 sensesLiving one's life at sea.
морехо́дныйmorexódnyj
Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.
A rowing boat is not a seafaring craft.
More definitions
- used on the high seas
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
following a life at sea:
Origin
From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelFrom Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”),
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Forms
more seafaring, most seafaring| Comparative | more seafaring Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most seafaring Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- used on the high seas:oceangoingseagoing
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.