yaw

Speech parts

1. yaw - Noun

2. yaw - Verb

4. Yaw - Proper noun

Meaning

To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.

A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

turn lurch swing drift deviate skid veer swerve gape yawn yawing bank bend wag seesaw
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Antonyms

last still keep remain continue maintain
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Hypernyms

cut curve trend sheer divert deviate

Hyponyms

hunt

Phrases with the word

yaw ways yaw rate yaw gyradius positive direction of yaw

Derivatives

yawed yawing

Examples

I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best accent: 'Raise yaw ahms up! Reach faw da sky!' Cara Buono

Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers of winter here. Diablo Cody

the deep gaping canyon Source: Internet

the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it Source: Internet

the yawing motion of the ship Source: Internet

A fixed wing is typically unstable in pitch, roll, and yaw. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Yavne Yavneh Yavoriv yaw damper yaw gyradius yaw rate