Sailing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- riding in a sailboat
- the departure of a vessel from a port
- the activity of flying a glider (syn: glide, gliding, soaring)
Extra examples
They're going sailing next week.
Bud has invited us to go sailing this weekend.
We are sailing in international waters.
After two days of sailing, we were miles from land.
...from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort...
His interest in sailing is purely academic. He's not a sailor himself.
He's mad keen on sailing.
Among his latest enthusiasms are sailing and fishing.
She's sailing a boat in tomorrow's race.
I've been sailing since I was a child.
...we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy...
He writes about the dangers as well as the enchantments of sailing.
...the geometry of Sydney's famed opera house is suggestive of some modernistic sailing ship...
...the inaugural event in the city's week long festival honoring the sailing ships...
...better wear a windbreaker if you're going sailing in this nipping wind...
Word forms
singular: sailing
plural: sailings
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