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navicular |
navigability |
navigable |
navigate
| navigation
| navigation light
| navigational
| navigational chart
| navigational instrument
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navigate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb navigate has 3 senses
- navigate(v = verb.motion) sail, voyage - travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" is one way to journey, travel
- navigate(v = verb.motion) pilot - act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" is one way to channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
- navigate(v = verb.motion) Array - direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar" is one way to channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
Derived forms adjective navigable1, noun navigation2
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derived forms noun navigation1, noun navigator2, noun navigator1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
navigate, v. i. [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See Nave, and Agent.].
- To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail. [1913 Webster]"The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean." [1913 Webster]
- To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft. [PJC]
- To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate around all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room. [PJC]
navigate, v. t.
- To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic. [1913 Webster]
- To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship. [1913 Webster]
- To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
navigate, v.
1 tr. manage or direct the course of (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
2 tr. a sail on (a sea, river, etc.). b travel or fly through (the air).
3 intr. (of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by map-reading etc.
4 intr. sail a ship; sail in a ship.
5 tr. (often refl.) colloq. steer (oneself, a course, etc.) through a crowd etc.
1 tr. manage or direct the course of (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
2 tr. a sail on (a sea, river, etc.). b travel or fly through (the air).
3 intr. (of a passenger in a vehicle) assist the driver by map-reading etc.
4 intr. sail a ship; sail in a ship.
5 tr. (often refl.) colloq. steer (oneself, a course, etc.) through a crowd etc.
Etymology
L navigare f. navis ship + agere drive
THESAURUS
navigate
aeroplane, airlift, airplane, allocate, assign, balloon, be airborne, boat, canoe, captain, carry sail, chart a course, circumnavigate, coast, collocate, con, cond, conn, coxswain, cross, cruise, deploy, direct, dispose, drift, emplace, ferry, fix, flit, fly, get a fix, glide, go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, guide, handle, have the conn, helm, home in on, hop, hover, hydroplane, install, jet, journey, localize, locate, make a passage, manage, motorboat, operate, pilot, pin down, pinpoint, place, ply, position, put in place, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, sailplane, scull, seafare, seaplane, shape a course, situate, skipper, soar, spot, steam, steamboat, steer, take a voyage, take the air, take wing, traverse, triangulate, volplane, voyage, wing, yacht, zero in onROGET THESAURUS
navigate
Navigation
VB sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.
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