[
UK
/sˈiːfeəɹɪŋ/
]
NOUN
- travel by water
- the work of a sailor
ADJECTIVE
-
used on the high seas
seafaring vessels
How To Use seafaring In A Sentence
- Aeolis, where he was a seafaring trader and, perhaps, also a farmer. Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
- Raised on their father's tales of a seafaring ancestor, five out of the six studied history. Times, Sunday Times
- We've lost the solid reputation developed over generations as a seafaring nation.
- In a time obsessed with figures and analyses he slashes away upon the field like an old-fashioned swashbuckler tackling pirates in some seafaring epic.
- To my immense surprise, I got enveloped in the seafaring adventure of the book.
- But remember, all those ropes and winches and seafaring clutter have an important function, and the crew will certainly need to be able to get to them (sometimes in a hurry).
- The Philistines were a seafaring people who inhabited the coast of Israel and Lebanon in the area of Gaza-Ashdod-Jaffa.
- seafaring vessels
- The result is this beautifully written account of seafaring life. Times, Sunday Times
- It could be a result of our recent history as a seafaring nation, or a by-product of having some of the best universities in the world. Times, Sunday Times