pilot
IPA: pˈaɪɫʌt
noun
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
- A pilot light.
- One who flies a kite.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
verb
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
adjective
- Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
- Used to control or activate another device.
- Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
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Examples of "pilot" in Sentences
- The pilot welcomes the tourists.
- Then the pilot amplified the mistake.
- Behind the pilots was the wireless operator.
- The aircraft hit a bungalow killing the pilot.
- The aircraft hit a bungalow, killing the pilot.
- The pilots fly the aircraft in a prone position.
- The hijackers instructed the pilot to fly to Australia.
- The fall of the pilot's mass provides the tension to fly the wing.
- The aircraft crashed into the sea, and the pilot and navigator were killed.
- The pilot was landing when a gust of wind apparently overtook the aircraft.