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Noun pilot has 6 senses
- pilot, airplane pilot - someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
--1 is a kind of aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
--1 has particulars:
- pilot - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
--2 is a kind of mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
- pilot program, pilot film, pilot - a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
--3 is a kind of television program, TV program, television show, TV show
- original, archetype, pilot - an original model on which something is patterned
--4 is a kind of model, example
- pilot burner, pilot light, pilot - small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
--5 is a kind of gas burner, gas jet
- fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot - an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
--6 is a kind of framework, frame, framing
--6 is a part of locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
Verb pilot has 2 senses
- fly, aviate, pilot - fly a plane
--1 is one way to operate, control
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- navigate, pilot - act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"
--2 is one way to steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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