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Navigate

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.

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Manner of action 1

Cruise 76% connected

See Cruse, a small bottle.

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Broader term 9

Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Maneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 76% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Steer 76% connected

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Derivationally related 8

Navigation 74% connected

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

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Navigation 74% connected

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

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Navigator 74% connected

One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches th…

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Navigator 74% connected

One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches th…

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Voyage 74% connected

Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or count…

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Voyage 74% connected

Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or count…

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Voyager 74% connected

One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.

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Voyager 74% connected

One who voyages; one who sails or passes by sea or water.

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Synonym 3

Pilot 92% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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Sail 92% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Voyage 92% connected

Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or count…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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