HYDROPLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroplane mean? 

• HYDROPLANE (noun)
  The noun HYDROPLANE has 2 senses:

1. an airplane that can land on or take off from water

2. a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds

  Familiarity information: HYDROPLANE used as a noun is rare.

• HYDROPLANE (verb)
  The verb HYDROPLANE has 1 sense:

1. glide on the water in a hydroplane

  Familiarity information: HYDROPLANE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROPLANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An airplane that can land on or take off from water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hydroplane; seaplane

Context example:

the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane

Hypernyms ("hydroplane" is a kind of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydroplane"):

floatplane; pontoon plane (a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water)

flying boat (a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons)

Derivation:

hydroplane (glide on the water in a hydroplane)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hydrofoil; hydroplane

Context example:

the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record

Hypernyms ("hydroplane" is a kind of...):

speedboat (a fast motorboat)

Derivation:

hydroplane (glide on the water in a hydroplane)

• HYDROPLANE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hydroplane    ... he / she / it hydroplanes   
Past simple: hydroplaned   
Past participle: hydroplaned   
-ing form: hydroplaning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glide on the water in a hydroplane

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hydroplane; seaplane

Hypernyms (to "hydroplane" is one way to...):

aviate; fly; pilot (operate an airplane)

"Hydroplane" entails doing...:

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

hydroplane (a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds)

hydroplane (an airplane that can land on or take off from water)

 Context examples 

We talked for a moment about some wet, grey little villages in France. Evidently he lived in this vicinity for he told me that he had just bought a hydroplane and was going to try it out in the morning.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

It was the first time he had called on me though I had gone to two of his parties, mounted in his hydroplane, and, at his urgent invitation, made frequent use of his beach.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Don't mention it," he enjoined me eagerly. "Don't give it another thought, old sport." The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the hand which reassuringly brushed my shoulder. "And don't forget we're going up in the hydroplane tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

After the house, we were to see the grounds and the swimming pool, and the hydroplane and the midsummer flowers—but outside Gatsby's window it began to rain again so we stood in a row looking at the corrugated surface of the Sound.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)