To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
To act as captain
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A chief or leader.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.
To sail along a coast.
To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.