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PILOTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occupation of a pilot
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 place
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
