'Navigating' definitions:
Definition of 'Navigating'
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]
Words containing 'Navigating'
- Navigability,
- Navigable,
- Navigableness,
- Navigably,
- Navigate,
- Navigated,
- Navigation,
- Navigator,
- navigational,
- Aerial navigation,
- Inland navigation,
- Internal navigation,
- celestial navigation,
- inertial navigation,
- navigation light,
- navigational chart,
- navigational instrument,
- navigational system,
- inertial navigation system,
- Slack-water navigation