- to exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of
With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
uncountable · control, controled, controled
- intransitive: guide the course
The boat steered towards the iceberg.
steer, steered, steered
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman
We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
pilot, piloted, piloted
- (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs
Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
uncountable · head, headed, headed
- (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); t...
obviate, obviated, obviated
- (transitive) To parry, or turn aside
He raised his arms to ward off the attack.
ward off, ward offed, ward offed
- plan, control
He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
navigate, navigated, navigated
- to exercise sovereign authority in
The old king governed the land wisely.
govern, governed, governed