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noun
A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: aircraft
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hydrofoil (“boat type”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hydrofoil (“hydrodynamic surface”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
Synonyms: aquaplane
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hydrofoil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speedboat
noun
an airplane that can land on or take off from water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: seaplane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: airplane, aeroplane, plane
Narrower terms: floatplane, pontoon plane, flying boat
verb
glide on the water in a hydroplane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: seaplane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fly, aviate, pilot
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English plane English hydroplane From hydro- + plane.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
