Conn (Verb)
Meaning
Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The experienced pilot began to conn the aircraft through the treacherous mountain passes.
- Captain James carefully started to conn the ship towards the safe harbor during the storm.
- As a trainee pilot, she was allowed to conn the plane under the instructor's watchful eye for the first time.
- During the flight, the co-pilot took the controls to conn the plane to the destination airport.
- The captain's experienced hands moved to conn the ship into the narrow strait.