pilot
/ˈpaɪ̯.lət/ verb C2- To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
He/she/it pilots · Past piloted · Past participle piloted · -ing form piloting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pilot
- He/she/it
- pilots
- Past
- piloted
- Past participle
- piloted
- -ing form
- piloting
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“Ah, your excellency,” murmured the pilot, “you should not have done so; our master will scold us for it.”
When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship’s bulwarks.
Dantès continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manœuvre was completed, and then he added, “Half-mast the colors, and square the yards!”
I gave the custom-house officers a copy of our bill of lading; and as to the other papers, they sent a man off with the pilot, to whom I gave them.”
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