yaw
/jɔː/ verb C2- To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
- To swerve off course to port or starboard.
- To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
- To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
He/she/it yaws · Past yawed · Past participle yawed · -ing form yawing
Verb forms
- Base form
- yaw
- He/she/it
- yaws
- Past
- yawed
- Past participle
- yawed
- -ing form
- yawing
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