navigate
(verb)
verb
1. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
Definition categories: motion, journey, travel
2. 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?
Similar word(s): pilot
Definition categories: motion, channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
3. direct carefully and safely
- He navigated his way to the altar
Definition categories: motion, channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
Sentences with navigate as a verb:
- He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
- We navigated to France in the dinghy.
- It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.