sailing
/ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/
adjectivenoun
Travelling by ship.
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Adjective 1 meaning
Travelling by ship.
Noun 4 meanings
Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
The time of departure from a port.
A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
SAILING at a glance
SAILING has 7 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + A 1 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,169 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sailing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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