noun
1. the work of a sailor (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑seafaring, ↑navigation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑navigational (for: ↑navigation)
• Members of this Topic:
↑close-hauled, ↑fore, ↑aweigh, ↑atrip, ↑rigged, ↑unrigged, ↑fore-and-aft, ↑close to the wind, ↑leg, ↑tack, ↑tacking, ↑accommodation ladder, ↑becket, ↑bilge well, ↑bitter end, ↑chip, ↑deadeye, ↑escutcheon, ↑Jacob's ladder, ↑jack ladder, ↑pilot ladder, ↑lanyard, ↑laniard, ↑lead line, ↑sounding line, ↑luff, ↑overhead, ↑ratline, ↑ratlin, ↑rudder, ↑sea ladder, ↑sea steps, ↑sheet, ↑mainsheet, ↑weather sheet, ↑shroud, ↑spun yarn, ↑stay, ↑sternpost, ↑stokehold, ↑stokehole, ↑fireroom, ↑towline, ↑towrope, ↑towing line, ↑towing rope, ↑capsizing, ↑beam-ends, ↑bell, ↑ship's bell, ↑steerageway, ↑stand out, ↑starboard
• Hypernyms: ↑employment, ↑work
• Hyponyms: ↑cabotage
2. riding in a sailboat (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sail
• Members of this Topic: ↑spill
• Hypernyms: ↑water travel, ↑seafaring
3. the departure of a vessel from a port (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑departure, ↑going, ↑going away, ↑leaving
4. the activity of flying a glider
• Syn: ↑glide, ↑gliding, ↑sailplaning, ↑soaring
• Derivationally related forms: ↑soar (for: ↑soaring), ↑sailplane (for: ↑sailplaning), ↑glide (for: ↑gliding), ↑glide (for: ↑glide)
• Hyponyms: ↑hang gliding, ↑parasailing, ↑paragliding
Useful english dictionary. 2012.