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Definition of yaw verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

yaw

verb

NAmE//yɔ//

[intransitive] (technology)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they yaw

he / she / it yaws

past simple yawed

-ing form yawing

(of a ship or plane) to turn to one side, away from a straight course, in an unsteady way

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yaw noun [countable, uncountable]

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