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sailplaning

Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the activity of flying a glider

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Examples

  • When I was nineteen, I got the urge to take up sailplaning.

    A King of Infinite Space

  • Out on the water, an indistinct blob that could only be one of Lithia's sailplaning squid broke the surface and glided low over the oily swell for nearly sixty yards before it hit the waves again.

    A Case Of Conscience

  • Interstellar heatproof-sailplaning enthusiasts beware.

    The Register

  • The fatalities stopped; but so did the business of sailplaning.

    Modern Mechanix

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. flight
  2. flying

hyponyms (3)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. hang gliding
  2. paragliding
  3. parasailing

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