verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To operate an aircraft.
2. 2
   operate an airplane wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

flypilotflypilot

Example

More examples

"Aviators aviate planes and pilots pilot planes, but planors nor planes plane planes."

Etymology

Back-formation from aviator.

Related phrases

aviate, navigate, communicate

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