'Navigate' definitions:

Definition of 'navigate'

From: WordNet
verb
Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn: voyage, sail, navigate]
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?" [syn: navigate, pilot]
verb
Direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar"

Definition of 'Navigate'

From: GCIDE
  • Navigate \Nav"i*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Navigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Navigating.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See Nave, and Agent.]
  • 1. 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. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft. [PJC]
  • 3. 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]

Definition of 'Navigate'

From: GCIDE
  • Navigate \Nav"i*gate\, v. t.
  • 1. To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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]
  • 3. 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]

Synonyms of 'navigate'

From: Moby Thesaurus