sailorize
sailorize verb: to do the work of a sailor.
Verb
sailorize (third-person singular simple present sailorizes, present participle sailorizing, simple past and past participle sailorized)
- To do the work of a sailor.
- I have worked like a Trojan all day, and the idea is realized. Margaret helped me out with suggestions, and Tom Spink did the sailorizing. Over our head, from the jiggermast, the steel stays that carry the three jigger-trysails descend high above the break of the poop and across the main deck to...1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLIV
- To make (a person) into a sailor; to train in seamanship.
Forms of sailorize
| third-person singular present | sailorizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | sailorizing |
| past participle | sailorized |
| past | sailorized |
Origin of sailorize
From sailor + -ize.
Questions about sailorize
- What does sailorize mean?
- Sailorize means to do the work of a sailor.
- What part of speech is sailorize?
- Sailorize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of sailorize?
- The past tense of sailorize is sailorized.
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