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sailing
Overview of noun sailing
The noun sailing has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) seafaring, navigation, sailing -- (the work of a sailor)
2. (1) sailing -- (riding in a sailboat)
3. (1) sailing -- (the departure of a vessel from a port)
4. glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing -- (the activity of flying a glider)
Overview of verb sail
The verb sail has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (13) sail -- (traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone")
2. (3) sweep, sail -- (move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky")
3. (1) sail -- (travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea")
4. voyage, sail, navigate -- (travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sailing
4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
=> employment, work
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sailing
=> water travel, seafaring
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sailing
=> departure, going, going away, leaving
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
=> flight, flying
=> air travel, aviation, air
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sailing
3 of 4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
=> cabotage
Sense 2
sailing
=> luff
=> beat
=> tack
Sense 4
glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
=> hang gliding
=> parasailing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sailing
4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
=> employment, work
Sense 2
sailing
=> water travel, seafaring
Sense 3
sailing
=> departure, going, going away, leaving
Sense 4
glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
=> flight, flying
Antonyms of noun sailing
Member Holonyms of noun sailing
Substance Holonyms of noun sailing
Part Holonyms of noun sailing
Member Meronyms of noun sailing
Substance Meronyms of noun sailing
Part Meronyms of noun sailing
1 of 4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
HAS PART: steering, steerage
Meronyms of noun sailing
1 of 4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
HAS PART: steering, steerage
Holonyms of noun sailing
Attributes of noun sailing
Derived Forms of noun sailing
1 of 4 senses of sailing
Sense 2
sailing
RELATED TO>(verb) sail#3
=> sail
Domain of noun sailing
Domain Terms of noun sailing
1 of 4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
TOPIC TERM>(adj) close-hauled#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) fore#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) aweigh#2, atrip#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) rigged#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) unrigged#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) fore-and-aft#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) antifouling#1
TOPIC TERM>(adv) close to the wind#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) leg#8
TOPIC TERM>(noun) tack#5, tacking#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) accommodation ladder#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) becket#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) bilge well#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) bitter end#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) chip#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) deadeye#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) escutcheon#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) Jacob's ladder#2, jack ladder#1, pilot ladder#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) lanyard#3, laniard#3
TOPIC TERM>(noun) lead line#1, sounding line#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) luff#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) overhead#5
TOPIC TERM>(noun) ratline#1, ratlin#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) rudder#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) sea ladder#1, sea steps#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) sheet#7, tack#4, mainsheet#1, weather sheet#1, shroud#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) spun yarn#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) stay#4
TOPIC TERM>(noun) sternpost#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) stokehold#1, stokehole#1, fireroom#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) towline#1, towrope#1, towing line#1, towing rope#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) capsizing#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) beam-ends#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) bell#4, ship's bell#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) steerageway#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) stand out#3
TOPIC TERM>(verb) starboard#1
Familiarity of noun sailing
sailing used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sailing
4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
> employment, work
=> coaching, coaching job
=> engagement, booking
=> ministry
=> seafaring, navigation, sailing
=> workload
=> piecework
=> service
=> telecommuting, teleworking
=> services
=> public service
=> paper route
Sense 2
sailing
> water travel, seafaring
=> ocean trip, voyage
=> sailing
=> boating, yachting
Sense 3
sailing
> departure, going, going away, leaving
=> breaking away
=> farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting
=> French leave
=> disappearance, disappearing
=> withdrawal
=> sailing
=> boarding, embarkation, embarkment
=> exit
=> dispatch, despatch, shipment
=> takeoff
Sense 4
glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
> flight, flying
=> acrobatics, aerobatics, stunting, stunt flying
=> blind flying, blind landing
=> ballooning
=> flyover, fly-by, flypast
=> glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
=> maiden flight
=> overflight
=> pass
=> solo
=> sortie
=> terrain flight, low level flight
Meronyms of noun sailing
4 senses of sailing
Sense 1
seafaring, navigation, sailing
HAS PART: steering, steerage
Holonyms of noun sailing
Grep of noun sailing
clear sailing
parasailing
plain sailing
sailing
sailing-race
sailing boat
sailing master
sailing ship
sailing vessel
Antonyms of verb sail
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sail
4 senses of sail
Sense 1
sail
=> travel, journey
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> move
Also See> sail through#1
Sense 3
sail
=> boat
=> ride
=> travel
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
=> travel, journey
=> travel, trip, jaunt
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sail
3 of 4 senses of sail
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> swan
Sense 3
sail
=> run
=> luff, point
=> weather
=> beat
=> scud, rack
=> outpoint
=> tack, wear round
=> wear ship
=> jibe, gybe, jib, change course
Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
=> astrogate
=> cruise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sail
4 senses of sail
Sense 1
sail
=> travel, journey
Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> move
Also See> sail through#1
Sense 3
sail
=> boat
Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
=> travel, journey
'Cause To' of verb sail
Derived Forms of verb sail
3 of 4 senses of sail
Sense 1
sail
RELATED TO>(noun) sail#2
=> cruise, sail
RELATED TO>(noun) sail#1
=> sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
RELATED TO>(noun) sailor#2
=> bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy
RELATED TO>(noun) sailor#1
=> sailor, crewman
Sense 3
sail
RELATED TO>(noun) sail#2
=> cruise, sail
RELATED TO>(noun) sail#1
=> sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
RELATED TO>(noun) sailing#2
=> sailing
Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
RELATED TO>(noun) sail#2
=> cruise, sail
Domain of verb sail
1 of 4 senses of sail
Sense 3
sail
TOPIC>(noun) navigation#1, pilotage#1, piloting#1
Domain Terms of verb sail
Familiarity of verb sail
sail used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb sail
4 senses of sail
Sense 1
sail
EX: They sail the river
EX: They sail down the river
Sense 2
sweep, sail
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
sail
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sail
4 senses of sail
Sense 1
sail
> travel, journey
=> sail
=> ship
=> ride
=> fly
=> cruise
Sense 2
sweep, sail
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 3
sail
> boat
=> motorboat
=> yacht
=> sail
=> row
=> canoe
=> kayak
=> paddle
Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
> travel, journey
=> tour
=> globe-trot
=> sledge
=> voyage, sail, navigate
=> trek
=> trek
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sail
Sense 1
sail
=> travel, journey
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Sense 2
sweep, sail
=> move
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Sense 3
sail
=> boat
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Sense 4
voyage, sail, navigate
=> travel, journey
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Grep of verb sail
assail
outsail
reassail
sail
sail through
sailplane
wassail
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