luff

luff is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The side of a ship toward the wind. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The side of a ship toward the wind.
2. noun. The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
3. noun. The roundest part of a ship's bow.
4. noun. The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
5. intransitive verb. To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
6. noun. the act of sailing close to the wind
7. noun. (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
8. verb. flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides

   "the sails luffed"

9. verb. sail close to the wind

   Synonyms: point

Synonyms

point

Common word forms

luffs, luffed, luffer, luffing

Words from these letters

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