Seafaring
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Seafaring is an adjective meaning Living one's life at sea.
Meaning
Living one's life at sea.
More Meanings
- Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.
- The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas, such as by sailing or steaming.
- The work or calling of a seafarer, especially a sailor.
Example Sentences
A rowing boat is not a seafaring craft.
There was absolutely nothing about the body to suggest that it might possibly in life have known a maritime experience. It was the body of a low type of man or a high type of beast. In neither instance would it have been of a seafaring race. Therefore I deduced that it was native to Caprona--that it lived inland, and that it had fallen or been hurled from the cliffs above.
Word Forms
- seafarings
Synonyms for seafaring
Depending on context, synonyms include sailing, navigation, seagoing, oceangoing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seagoing, oceangoing, sailing, navigation, sea, voyage.
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