| navigation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ steering, guidance, direction | the act of setting and holding a course.; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ bear down on, bear down upon | sail towards another vessel, of a ship. |
| ~ luff, point | sail close to the wind. |
| ~ weather | sail to the windward of. |
| ~ boat | ride in a boat on water. |
| ~ steam, steamer | travel by means of steam power.; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" |
| ~ yacht | travel in a yacht. |
| ~ sail | travel on water propelled by wind.; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" |
| ~ beat | sail with much tacking or with difficulty.; "The boat beat in the strong wind" |
| ~ scud, rack | run before a gale. |
| ~ outpoint | sail closer to the wind than. |
| ~ wear round, tack | turn into the wind.; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" |
| ~ wear ship | turn away from the wind.; "The sailors decided it was time to wear ship" |
| ~ ferry | travel by ferry. |
| ~ ferry | transport by ferry. |
| ~ ferry | transport from one place to another. |
| ~ raft | transport on a raft.; "raft wood down a river" |
| ~ barge | transport by barge on a body of water. |
| n. (act) | 2. navigation | ship traffic.; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" |
| ~ shipping, transport, transportation | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. |
| n. (act) | 3. navigation, sailing, seafaring | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ leg | (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack. |
| ~ cabotage | navigation in coastal waters. |
| ~ tacking, tack | (nautical) the act of changing tack. |
| ~ employment, work | the occupation for which you are paid.; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" |
| ~ steerage, steering | the act of steering a ship. |
| ~ accommodation ladder | (nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside. |
| ~ becket | (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship. |
| ~ bilge well | (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away. |
| ~ bitter end | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt. |
| ~ chip | a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line. |
| ~ deadeye | (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud. |
| ~ escutcheon | (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed. |
| ~ jack ladder, pilot ladder, jacob's ladder | (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps. |
| ~ laniard, lanyard | (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships. |
| ~ lead line, sounding line | (nautical) plumb line for determining depth. |
| ~ luff | (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast. |
| ~ overhead | (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship. |
| ~ ratlin, ratline | (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft. |
| ~ rudder | (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel. |
| ~ sea ladder, sea steps | (nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard. |
| ~ mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud, tack, sheet | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. |
| ~ spun yarn | (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together. |
| ~ stay | (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar. |
| ~ sternpost | (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel. |
| ~ fireroom, stokehold, stokehole | (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired. |
| ~ towing line, towing rope, towline, towrope | (nautical) a rope used in towing. |
| ~ capsizing | (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water. |
| ~ beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel.; "on her beam-ends" |
| ~ ship's bell, bell | (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.. |
| ~ steerageway | (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered. |
| ~ stand out | steer away from shore, of ships. |
| ~ starboard | turn to the right, of helms or rudders. |
| ~ close-hauled | having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible. |
| ~ fore | situated at or toward the bow of a vessel. |
| ~ atrip, aweigh | (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom. |
| ~ rigged | fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc). |
| ~ unrigged | stripped of rigging. |
| ~ fore-and-aft | parallel with the keel of a boat or ship. |
| ~ close to the wind | nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming.; "sailing close to the wind" |
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