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navigate
verb
1 navigate
Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.
synonyms: sail, voyage.
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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Dutch: navigeren, varen
2 navigate
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?.
synonym: pilot.
Dutch: navigeren
3 navigate
Direct carefully and safely.
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