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AVIATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they aviate ... he / she / it aviates
Past simple: aviated
-ing form: aviating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The pilot flew to Cuba
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "aviate" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
"Aviate" entails doing...:
fly; wing (travel through the air; be airborne)
Verb group:
fly (travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft)
fly (travel in an airplane)
fly (transport by aeroplane)
Domain category:
aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "aviate"):
fly blind (fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments)
fly contact (fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference)
solo (fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers)
test fly (test a plane)
jet (fly a jet plane)
glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
hydroplane; seaplane (glide on the water in a hydroplane)
balloon (ride in a hot-air balloon)
flat-hat; hedgehop (fly very close to the ground)
hang glide; soar (fly by means of a hang glider)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
aviation (the art of operating aircraft)
aviation (the operation of aircraft to provide transportation)
aviator (someone who operates an aircraft)