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AVIATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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Meaning:

Operate an airplane

Example:

The pilot flew to Cuba

Synonyms:

aviate; fly; pilot

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)

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