| sailing | the departure of a vessel from a port |
plain sailing
clear sailing
easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
glide gliding
sailplaning
soaring
sailing | the activity of flying a glider |
| sailing | riding in a sailboat |
seafaring
navigation sailing r | the work of a sailor |
| date rape | rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together) |
sailboat
sailing boat | a small sailing vessel, usually with a single mast |
sailing vessel
sailing ship | a vessel that is powered by the wind, often having several masts |
| sailing warship | a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns, not built after the middle of the th century |
| date bar | fruit bar containing chopped dates |
| date bread | bread containing chopped dates |
| date-nut bread | bread containing chopped dates and nuts |
| date | sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed |
jujube Chinese date
Chinese jujube | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
date
appointment
engagement | a meeting arranged in advance, she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date |
| blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |
| double date | a date in which two couples participate |
dateline
date line
International Date Line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the th meridian |
| blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) |
date
escort | a participant in a date, his date never stopped talking |
sailing master
navigator | the ship's officer in charge of navigation |
date palm
Phoenix dactylifera | tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit |
date plum
Diospyros lotus | an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes |
| date | the present, they are up to date, we haven't heard from them to date |
maturity maturity date
due date | the date on which an obligation must be repaid |
date
day of the month | the specified day of the month, what is the date today? |
| date | a particular day specified as the time something happens, the date of the election is set by law |
| future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
| rain date | an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date, the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday |
| sell-by date | a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
| date | the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred, he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class |
| date particular date | a particular but unspecified point in time, they hoped to get together at an early date |
| epoch date of reference | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
| date | assign a date to, determine the (probable) date of, Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings |
| date | provide with a dateline, mark with a date, She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated |
dateline
datemark
date-mark | mark with a date and place, dateline a newspaper article |
| date date stamp | stamp with a date, The package is dated November |
| date | go on a date with, Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart |
| double-date | go out on a date with a partner and another couple, let's double date this Saturday |
go steady
go out
date see | date regularly, have a steady relationship with, Did you know that she is seeing an older man?, He is dating his former wife again! |
go back
date back
date from | belong to an earlier time, This story dates backyears |
| up-to-date | reflecting the latest information or changes, an up-to-date issue of the magazine |
outdated
out-of-date
superannuated | old, no longer valid or fashionable, obsolete words, an obsolete locomotive, outdated equipment, superannuated laws, out-of-date ideas |
up-to-date
cutting-edge
with-it | in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style, wears only the latest style, the last thing in swimwear, cutting-edge technology, a with-it boutique |
| up to now to date | prior to the present time, no suspect has been found to date |