Dictionary Entry
yaw
yaw is a 3-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
- 2transitive/intransitive verb
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.
- 3noun
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
- 4noun
an erratic deflection from an intended course
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- 5verb
swerve off course momentarily
"the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
- 6verb
deviate erratically from a set course
"the yawing motion of the ship"
- 7verb
be wide open
"the deep gaping canyon"
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