HYDROPLANE Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word hydroplane. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for HYDROPLANE
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| aquaplane | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water verb • rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road • ride on an aquaplane | ||||||||
| plane | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets • (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape • a level of existence or development • a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood • a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood adjective satellite • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another verb • cut or remove with or as if with a plane • travel on the surface of water • make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | ||||||||
| skim | verbv | |||||||
noun • a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid • reading or glancing through quickly adjective satellite • used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed verb • travel on the surface of water • move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of • examine hastily • cause to skip over a surface • coat (a liquid) with a layer • remove from the surface • read superficially | ||||||||
| slide | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study • (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. • (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale • plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide • the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it • a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector • sloping channel through which things can descend verb • move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner • to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly • move smoothly along a surface | ||||||||
| seaplane | nounn | |||||||
noun • an airplane that can land on or take off from water verb • glide on the water in a hydroplane | ||||||||
| hydrofoil | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through • a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | ||||||||
