Navigate
['nævɪgeɪt] or ['nævə'get]
Definition
(verb.) direct carefully and safely; 'He navigated his way to the altar'.
(verb.) 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?'.
Edited by Daisy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To joirney 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.
(v. t.) To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.
(v. t.) 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.
Typed by Jewel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Sail, cruise, course, go in a vessel, plough the waves, plough the deep.
v. a. [1]. Sail over, sail on, pass in a vessel.[2]. Steer, direct (in sailing), guide the course of.
Typed by Jennifer
Definition
v.t. to steer or manage a ship in sailing: to sail upon.—v.i. to go in a vessel or ship: to sail.—ns. Navigabil′ity Nav′igableness.—adj. Nav′igable that may be passed by ships or vessels.—adv. Nav′igably.—ns. Navigā′tion the act science or art of sailing ships: shipping generally: a canal or artificial waterway; Nav′igator one who navigates or sails: one who directs the course of a ship.—Navigation laws the laws passed from time to time to regulate the management and privileges of ships and the conditions under which they may sail or carry on trade.—Aerial navigation the management of balloons in motion; Inland navigation the passing of boats &c. along rivers and canals.
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Examples
- No donkeys ever existed that were as hard to navigate as these, I think, or that had so many vile, exasperating instincts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These vehicles cannot navigate the Holy City. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Meantime Chancellor Livingston had obtained for himself and Fulton the exclusive right to navigate the waters of New York state by vessels propelled by fire or steam. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But there is no difficulty in navigating the stream from Bridgeport to Kelly's Ferry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Volunteers were called for from the army, men who had had experience in any capacity in navigating the western rivers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Marching across this country in the face of an enemy was impossible; navigating it proved equally impracticable. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Five thousand Confederate troops left in the rear might have caused us much trouble and loss of property while navigating the Mississippi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But so far as the sailors go, we have to distinguish between the mere rower and the navigating and shipowning seamen of such ports as Tyre and Sidon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Men may have navigated boats upon the Levantine lake before the refilling of the Mediterranean by the Atlantic waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Barlow was able to assist him with money until he had built and actually navigated some of his torpedoes along the coast. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Lincoln had navigated the Mississippi in his younger days and understood well its tendency to change its channel, in places, from time to time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Sanford