English > aviate: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Operate an airplane. |
|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
|---|
| Synonyms | fly, pilot |
|---|
| Category | air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft |
|---|
| aircraft | A vehicle that can fly |
| Entails | fly, wing | Travel through the air |
|---|
| Entailed by | sailplane, soar | fly a plane without an engine |
|---|
| Narrower | balloon | ride / ride in a hot-air balloon |
|---|
| fly blind | fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments |
| fly contact | fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference |
| glide | fly in or as if in a glider plane |
| hang glide, soar | fly by means of a hang glider |
| hedgehop, flat-hat | fly very close to the ground |
| hydroplane, seaplane | glide on the water in a hydroplane |
| jet | fly a jet plane |
| solo | fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers |
| test fly | Test a plane |
| Broader | operate, control | Handle and cause to function |
|---|
| Similar to | fly | transport by aeroplane |
|---|
| fly | Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft |
| fly | Travel in an airplane |
| Spanish | pilotar, pilotear, volar aviones, volar |
|---|
| Catalan | pilotar, volar |
|---|
| Nouns | aviation | the art of operating aircraft |
|---|
| aviation | the operation of aircraft to provide transportation / transportation |
| aviator | someone who operates an aircraft |
