verb

1. To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.

   “He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.”

2. To give directions, as from a map, to someone driving a vehicle.

   “You drive. I'll navigate.”

3. To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

   “We navigated to France in the dinghy.”