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Meaning sailing meaning

What does sailing mean?
Definitions in simple English

sailing

Sailing is a sport where people race by sailing.

sailing

(= seafaring) the work of a sailor riding in a sailboat the departure of a vessel from a port (= glide) the activity of flying a glider

Synonyms sailing synonyms

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Examples sailing examples

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Simple sentences

I want to go sailing.
I belong to the sailing club.
I started sailing last year.
The ship is sailing at three.
A white yacht was sailing over the sea.
If it is fine tomorrow, I will go sailing with my friends.
I don't know why Tom doesn't want to go sailing with us next week.
From here on out, it's smooth sailing.
He who makes noises while the ship is sailing, making people unable to hear orders, will be fined at the discretion of the captain.
Actually, Mark was going to go sailing at the weekend, but since there was a problem with the boat's rigging, the plan fell through.
Tom works as a sailing instructor.
Tom said he's gone sailing only three times.
Have you ever gone sailing with Tom?
Tom and Mary were hoping they could go sailing with John.
Several yachts were sailing side by side far out at sea.
The ship was sailing at full speed.
There were white clouds sailing in the sky.
Tom thought that it would be fun to go sailing.
We were sailing.
I'm very good at sailing.

Movie subtitles

Maybe the 'thighs' are a poetic sailing term for the deck either side of the companionway, if you catch my drift.
It was a fantasy - the thought of leaving Brokenwood and sailing away and starting again.
Did you say you were sailing in three weeks?
She's not sailing till tomorrow.
Not sailing?
After that it's clear sailing.
I mean to make good use of every hour of sailing time.
I'm sailing for New York tomorrow.
I think she's sailing back to Paris almost immediately.
Sailing under my wake every time I find a good spot.
You're sailing?
He's no more sailing than you are.
He's sailing tonight and Julia won't lift a finger to stop him.
She was drowned, poor dear, while she was sailing near Manderley.
But Columbus was sailing along on his vessel.
You're sailing tonight for Amsterdam.
Helen, while you're downtown, stop in and make reservations for the bridal suite on the Berengaria, sailing next week.
We were sailing along in clear weather when all of a sudden a terrible storm came up.
I see. I'm sailing.
I've been seeing boats sailing in and out. in and out, but ours will never sail.
This is what comes from sailing the seas with a lovesick madman.
You told me we're not sailing to Jamaica.
Where are we sailing for?
Oh, we'll have a glorious summer sailing, David.
Two idle apprentices, sailing and daydreaming.
Always happy just sailing along with Ham and Emily.
Sailing orders?
We searched every register for the day after the sailing.
There's a boat sailing at midnight.
Arrange transportation for Miss Powers on the first boat sailing.
We're sailing tonight.
That's why I'm sailing, to come back with them.
Sailing back with us so soon, sir?
He's sailing on the Victoria tomorrow, the 8th.
If nothing's sailing tomorrow, the day after.
Your boat's sailing tonight, isn't it?
By the time you've finished your port and walnuts, I shall be sailing past the house. The deuce you will.
That ship sailing down from Falmouth in the gale. Somewhere on the shore, a beacon is going out.
Take your time, my dear, until sailing time.

News and current affairs

While the euro faces strong headwinds, the dollar's early sailing wasn't always smooth, either.
No one should assume smooth sailing for China (or for any other part of the world, for that matter) in the years ahead.
We are obviously sailing toward the rocks, and the whole developed world should be concerned.
Equestrianism, sailing, cycling, and swimming, for example, are far more expensive than running, and this reduces the participation of low-income countries.
And a non-fact is that the next 12 months will be smooth sailing.
The world seems set for smooth sailing.
After 11 years of smooth sailing since the euro's creation, the arrangement's fundamental problems have become glaringly obvious.
One of the creditors favored in the New York case, Elliott Capital, had already successfully requested the seizure in Ghana of the Argentine Navy's three-mast sailing ship ARA Libertad.
By contrast, the emerging-market countries, after a short slide, have managed to re-ignite their growth engines and are sailing full-speed ahead, racking up impressive growth rates.

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