seafaring
1. the work of a sailor • Syn: navigation, sailing • Derivationally related forms: navigational (for: navigation) • Members of this Topic: close-hauled, fore, aweigh, atrip, rigged, unrigged, fore-and-aft, close to the wind, leg, tack, tacking, accommodation ladder, becket, bilge well, bitter end, chip, deadeye, escutcheon, Jacob's ladder, jack ladder, pilot ladder, lanyard, laniard, lead line, sounding line, luff, overhead, ratline, ratlin, rudder, sea ladder, sea steps, sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud, spun yarn, stay, sternpost, stokehold, stokehole, fireroom, towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope, capsizing, beam-ends, bell, ship's bell, steerageway, stand out, starboard • Hypernyms: employment, work • Hyponyms: cabotage • Part Meronyms: steering, steerage 2. travel by water • Syn: water travel • Members of this Topic: shipwreck • Hypernyms: travel, traveling, travelling • Hyponyms: ocean trip, voyage, sailing, boating, yachting
used on the high seas - seafaring vessels • Syn: oceangoing, seagoing • Similar to: marine
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