Noun pilot has 6 senses
  1. 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:
     barnstormer, stunt flier, stunt pilot; captain, senior pilot; combat pilot; copilot; kamikaze; test pilot; wingman
    Derived form: verb pilot1
  2. 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
    Derived form: verb pilot2
  3. 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
  4. original, archetype, pilot - an original model on which something is patterned
    --4 is a kind of model, example
  5. 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
  6. 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
  1. fly, aviate, pilot - fly a plane
    --1 is one way to operate, control
    Derived forms: noun pilot1, noun pilotage2, noun pilotage1, noun piloting2, noun piloting1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. 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
    Derived forms: noun pilot2, noun pilotage2, noun pilotage1, noun piloting2, noun piloting1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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