(~s, navigating, ~d)
1.
When someone ~s a ship or an aircraft somewhere, they decide which course to follow and steer it there. You can also say that a ship or an aircraft ~s somewhere.
Captain Cook safely ~d his ship without accident for 100 voyages...
The purpose of the visit was to ~ into an ice-filled fiord.
...the new navigation system which will enable aircraft to ~ with total pinpoint accuracy.
VERB: V n, V prep/adv, V
navigation (navigations)
The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.
...the boat’s navigation system.
N-VAR
2.
When a ship or boat ~s an area of water, it sails on or across it.
...a lock system to allow sea-going craft to ~ the upper reaches of the river...
Such boats can ~ on the Nile.
= sail
VERB: V n, V prep
3.
When someone in a car ~s, they decide what roads the car should be driven along in order to get somewhere.
When travelling on fast roads at night it is impossible to drive and ~ at the same time.
...the relief at successfully navigating across the Golden Gate Bridge to arrive here...
They had just ~d their way through Maidstone on their way to the coast.
VERB: V, V prep/adv, V way prep, also V n
4.
When fish, animals, or insects ~ somewhere, they find the right direction to go and travel there.
In tests, the bees ~ back home after being placed in a field a mile away.
VERB: V adv/prep, also V
5.
If you ~ an obstacle, you move carefully in order to avoid hitting the obstacle or hurting yourself.
He was not able to walk without a cane and could only ~ steps backwards...
In the corridors he let her ~ her own way round the trolleys and other obstacles...
If guests wished to use the sofa, they had first to ~ around chairs in the middle of the room.
= negotiate
VERB: V n, V way prep, V prep/adv