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    PILOTING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The occupation of a pilotplay

    Synonyms:

    pilotage; piloting

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("piloting" is a kind of...):

    craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

    Derivation:

    pilot (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)

    pilot (operate an airplane)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to placeplay

    Synonyms:

    navigation; pilotage; piloting

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("piloting" is a kind of...):

    direction; guidance; steering (the act of setting and holding a course)

    Domain member category:

    barge (transport by barge on a body of water)

    raft (transport on a raft)

    ferry (transport from one place to another)

    ferry (transport by ferry)

    ferry (travel by ferry)

    wear ship (turn away from the wind)

    tack; wear round (turn into the wind)

    outpoint (sail closer to the wind than)

    rack; scud (run before a gale)

    beat (sail with much tacking or with difficulty)

    sail (travel on water propelled by wind)

    yacht (travel in a yacht)

    steam; steamer (travel by means of steam power)

    boat (ride in a boat on water)

    weather (sail to the windward of)

    luff; point (sail close to the wind)

    bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piloting"):

    instrument flying (navigation of an airplane solely by instruments)

    astronavigation; celestial navigation (navigating according to the positions of the stars)

    dead reckoning (navigation without the aid of celestial observations)

    Derivation:

    pilot (act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance)

    pilot (operate an airplane)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb pilot

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