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navigable

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a body of water English) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels. 2 (context of a boat English) seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable. 3 (context of a balloon English) steerable, dirigible ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Old French navigable (14c.) or directly from Latin navigabilis , from navigat- , past participle stem of navigare (see navigation ). Related: Navigability .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. able to be sailed on or through safely; "navigable waters"; "a navigable channel"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a river is navigable (= people are able to travel along it in a boat ) ▪ The river is navigable in the winter months. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ They're dredging the harbor to keep it navigable . EXAMPLES FROM ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Navigable \Nav"i*ga*ble\, a. [L. navigabilis: cf. F. navigable. See Navigate .] Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river. Note: By the common law, a river is considered as navigable only ...

Usage examples of navigable.

Rel is navigable for sizeable vessels as far as Abray and barges could penetrate even further, virtually to Dalasor.

The latter of those mighty streams, which rises at the distance of only thirty miles from the former, flows above thirteen hundred miles, for the most part to the south-east, collects the tribute of sixty navigable rivers, and is, at length, through six mouths, received into the Euxine, which appears scarcely equal to such an accession of waters.

Bericus patronized merchants in both the village and the larger town near the old Roman fort, established at the first ford of the River Exe, well beyond its navigable reaches.

No country is arterialized by such a vast system of navigable streams, to have constructed which as canals of equal capacity would have cost more than ten billions of dollars, and then these canals would have been subjected to large tolls, the cost of their annual repairs would have been enormous, and the interruption by lockage a serious obstacle.

Next in size to the Perak is the Kinta, which falls into the Perak, besides which there are the Bernam and Batang Padang rivers, both navigable for vessels of light draught.

The granite threshold of Nubia, is broken beyond Sehel, but its debris, massed m disorder against the right bank, still seem to dispute the passage of the waters, dashing turbulently and roaring as they flow along through tortuous channels, where every streamlet is broken up into small cascades, ihe channel running by the left bank is always navigable.

The true Nile, the Eastern Nile, is less a river than a sinuous lake encumbered with islets and sandbanks, and its navigable channel winds capriciously between them, flowing with a strong and steady current below the steep, black banks cut sheer through the alluvial earth.

Whence does it get its jurisdiction of navigable rivers, lakes, bays, and the seaboard within its territorial limits, as appertaining to its domain?

Court sustained the State in applying to motor-driven tugs operating in navigable waters of the United States legislation which provided for the inspection and regulation of every vessel operated by machinery if the same was not subject to inspection under the laws of the United States.

The United States is asserting its sovereign power to regulate commerce and to control the navigable waters within its jurisdiction.

The tide at La Panne had one of the longest reaches in Europe and by the time it was nearing its fullness the ingenious pier was thrust far out into navigable water.

Tatum hiked along the meandering brink of the precipice, hoping a navigable cleft or rift would show itself, enabling them to descend and backtrack along their original parafoil flight path.

Dutch landscape along a navigable river which perfuses it till to the background.

The latter of those mighty streams, which rises at the distance of only thirty miles from the former, flows above thirteen hundred miles, for the most part to the south-east, collects the tribute of sixty navigable rivers, and is, at length, through six mouths, received into the Euxine, which appears scarcely equal to such an accession of waters.

The town is built at the confluence of two great rivers, the Red and Assiniboine, the former rising in Minnesota, and flowing into lake Winnipeg 150 miles north, navigable for 400 miles.