- at sea, sailing - traveling by boat or ship
Antonym: aground (indirect, via sunken, afloat)
Antonyms: sunken, submerged (indirect, via afloat, aground)
- seafaring, navigation, sailing - the work of a sailor
--1 is a kind of employment, work
--1 has parts: steering, steerage
--1 has particulars: cabotage - sailing - riding in a sailboat
--2 is a kind of water travel, seafaring
--2 has particulars: luff; beat; tackDerived form: verb sail3 - sailing - the departure of a vessel from a port
--3 is a kind of departure, going, going away, leaving
- glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing - the activity of flying a glider
--4 is a kind of flight, flying
--4 has particulars: hang gliding; parasailing - glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing - the activity of flying a glider
- sail - traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
--1 is one way to travel, journey
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sail2, noun sail1, noun sailor2, noun sailor1
They sail the river
They sail down the river
- 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"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- sail - travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"
--3 is one way to boat
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sail2, noun sail1, noun sailing2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- voyage, sail, navigate - travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
--4 is one way to travel, journey
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sail2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP