n
A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
v
To row backward with (oars).
v
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
n
(nautical) One who rides on the boards of a log canoe in order to balance it.
v
(transitive) To place in a boat.
adj
Accessible by boat, located on the water/waterfront, with dock or anchorage.
n
The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
n
One who, or that which, causes a vessel to capsize.
n
The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
adv
(rowing) Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power stroke).
n
Sailing about without an exact destination, usually for pleasure.
v
(intransitive) To sail a yacht for a single day, or to sail by day with overnight accommodation on land
v
(intransitive) To travel by dinghy.
n
(watersports, sailing, yachting) A type of sport sail yachting event where a squadron of sailboats race as a fleet, against one another, on the same course, at the same time. (The famous Whitbread or Volvo Ocean Race, is of this type, as is the America's Cup World Series, and Extreme Sailing Series.)
n
(UK, obsolete, slang) Those ships on which criminals were subjected to transportation or (later) to hard labor.
n
A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.
n
(nautical) A sailby performed by a hydrofoil vessel while hydrofoiling.
n
Alternative spelling of ghost ship [(nautical) An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.]
n
a boat with such an engine
n
Alternative form of kowtowing [The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.]
v
To cease rowing without shipping the oars.
v
To rescue; to carry to safety
n
(US) A boat designed or modified to allow people to live on board, compared to similar boats which do not have this feature.
n
The art or method of sailing on the loxodrome.
n
(nautical) A moonraker (sail).
n
The art of sailing; navigation
adj
Alternative form of onboard [Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel]
v
(sailing) To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth.
n
sailing with an outboard motor
n
(nautical) A technique for navigation using planar geometry.
v
(transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
n
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
n
A boat propelled by a sail.
n
(astronautics) A spacecraft endowed with sail for propulsion purposes.
n
(nautical) A boat or ship powered by wind in its sails; a sailboat or sailing ship.
n
One who flies a sailplane.
adj
Of a ship, in a condition suitable for sailing; seaworthy.
v
(transitive) To transport in a scow.
n
(idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
n
(archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
n
(originally nautical) Playing around; frolicking; originally, running about the rigging of a vessel for fun; horseplay.
adv
(rowing, informal) To row with pressure at a low stroke-rating, often 18 strokes per minute.
n
A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
n
A member of a rescue team using a surf boat.
n
Initialism of sailing yacht: wind-powered yacht
v
To push; to tug; to tow.
n
A vehicle, vessel, etc. being towed.
n
(nautical) Sailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship.
v
(transitive) to tow by tugboat
adj
(geometry, obsolete) Relating to a curve representing the motion of a sail blown by the wind.
v
(intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.
adj
(rare) On board a yacht.
n
(nautical, archaic, of a ship) The power of moving, or being managed, at sea.
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