Seafaring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seafaring \Sea"far`ing\, a.
     Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  seafaring
       adj : used on the high seas; "seafaring vessels" [syn: {oceangoing},
              {seagoing}]
       n 1: the work of a sailor [syn: {navigation}, {sailing}]
       2: travel by water [syn: {water travel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "seafaring":
     boating, canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising,
     gunkholing, marine, maritime, motorboating, nautical, naval,
     navigability, navigating, navigation, navigational, ocean-going,
     oceanic, passage-making, pelagic, periplus, rowing, sailing, salty,
     sculling, sea travel, seamanlike, seamanly, steaming,
     travel by water, voyaging, water travel, water-borne, yachting