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seafaring

DEFINITIONS OF: seafaring

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n the work of a sailor

Synonyms:
navigation, sailing
Types:
cabotage
navigation in coastal waters
Type of:
employment, work
the occupation for which you are paid

n travel by water

Synonyms:
water travel
Types:
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ocean trip, voyage
an act of traveling by water
sailing
riding in a sailboat
boating, yachting
water travel for pleasure
cruise, sail
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
maiden voyage
the first voyage of its kind
luff
the act of sailing close to the wind
beat
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
tack
sailing a zigzag course
bareboating
boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions
Type of:
travel, traveling, travelling
the act of going from one place to another

adj used on the high seas

seafaring vessels”
Synonyms:
oceangoing, seagoing
marine
relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea
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