circumnavigate as a verb: - 1
circumnavigate
verb
1 circumnavigate
Travel around, either by plane or ship.
synonym: compass.
Roget 267:
sail;
put to sea
etc.
(depart)
293;
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 [Fr.],
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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Roget 311:
turn,
bend,
wheel;
go about,
put about;
heel;
go round to the right about,
turn round to the right about;
turn on one's heel;
make a circle,
make a complete circle,
describe a circle,
describe a complete circle;
go through 180 degrees,
go through 360 degrees,
pass through 180 degrees,
pass through 360 degrees.
circumnavigate,
circumambulate,
circumvent;
put a girdle round about the earth"
[M.N.D.];
go the round,
make the round of.
wind,
circulate,
meander;
whisk,
twirl;
twist
etc.
(convolution)
248;
make a detour
etc.
(circuit)
629.
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Moby thesaurus: boat, bypass, canoe, carry sail, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumvent, close the circle, coast, come full circle, compass, cross, cruise, cycle, describe a circle, detour, encircle, encompass, flank, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go by ship, go on shipboard, go round, go the round, go to sea, gyre, lap, make a circuit, make a passage, motorboat, navigate, orbit, ply, revolve, round, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, scull, seafare, skirt, spiral, steam, steamboat, surround, take a voyage, traverse, voyage, wheel, yacht ... show more.
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