yaw
verb/jɔː/
/jɔː/
[intransitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they yaw | /jɔː/ /jɔː/ |
| he / she / it yaws | /jɔːz/ /jɔːz/ |
| past simple yawed | /jɔːd/ /jɔːd/ |
| past participle yawed | /jɔːd/ /jɔːd/ |
| -ing form yawing | /ˈjɔːɪŋ/ /ˈjɔːɪŋ/ |
- (of a ship or plane) to turn to one side, away from a straight course, in an unsteady wayTopics Transport by waterc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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