navigate

1 to operate or control the course of <the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo> Synonyms conn (also con), helm, pilot, steer Related Words commandeer, hijack (also highjack)

2 to travel on water in a vessel <the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal> Synonyms boat, cruise, ferry, sail, ship (out), voyageRelated Words canoe, kayak, yacht; coast

3 to make one's way through, across, or over <it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it> Synonyms course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, traverse, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travelRelated Words hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk; ride, run; crisscross