sailing

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Sailing is in the family
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around Breault .

Meaning

present participle and gerund of sail

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/

Inherited from Middle English

saylinge

Cognate with Dutch

zeilend

Inherited from Middle English

sailyng

Inherited from Old English

seġling

Cognate with Middle Low German

sēgelinge

Cognate with Swedish

segling

Cognate with Icelandic

sigling

In summary

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).

New

sail

1. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
2. The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
3. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
4. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. The conning tower of a submarine.
7. The blade of a windmill.
8. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
9. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
10. A sailfish.
11. an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
12. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

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