English Dictionary

YAW

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does yaw mean? 

YAW (noun)
  The noun YAW has 1 sense:

1. an erratic deflection from an intended courseplay

  Familiarity information: YAW used as a noun is very rare.


YAW (verb)
  The verb YAW has 3 senses:

1. be wide openplay

2. deviate erratically from a set courseplay

3. swerve off course momentarilyplay

  Familiarity information: YAW used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


YAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An erratic deflection from an intended course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

swerve; yaw

Hypernyms ("yaw" is a kind of...):

turn; turning (a movement in a new direction)

Derivation:

yaw (deviate erratically from a set course)


YAW (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they yaw  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it yaws  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: yawed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: yawed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: yawing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be wide open

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

gape; yaw; yawn

Context example:

the deep gaping canyon

Hypernyms (to "yaw" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


Sense 2

Meaning:

Deviate erratically from a set course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the yawing motion of the ship

Hypernyms (to "yaw" is one way to...):

deviate; divert (turn aside; turn away from)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yaw"):

hunt (yaw back and forth about a flight path)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

yaw (an erratic deflection from an intended course)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Swerve off course momentarily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it

Hypernyms (to "yaw" is one way to...):

curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer (turn sharply; change direction abruptly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


 Context examples 


At the same moment, she yawed sharply and seemed to change her course.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The wind was steady, and as we ran before it there was no yawing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Late yaws is characterized by destructive and deforming lesions of the skin, bones, and joints.

(Late Yaws, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers found that lovebirds navigate by stabilizing and fixating their gaze on the goal, while yawing their bodies into a crosswind.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

Early yaws includes primary and secondary stages of yaws, endemic tropical treponemal nonvenereal infection: development of initial lesion at inoculation site followed by widespread dissemination of treponemes and generalized secondary granulomatous lesions that may relapse repeatedly.

(Early Yaws, NCI Thesaurus)

She headed nearly due south, yawing, of course, all the time.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Late yaws is the tertiary, non-contagious stage of yaws, endemic tropical treponemal nonvenereal infection.

(Late Yaws, NCI Thesaurus)

Suddenly the schooner in front of me gave a violent yaw, turning, perhaps, through twenty degrees; and almost at the same moment one shout followed another from on board; I could hear feet pounding on the companion ladder and I knew that the two drunkards had at last been interrupted in their quarrel and awakened to a sense of their disaster.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"You never know what you've got till it's gone." (English proverb)

"It is easier for the son to ask from the father than for the father to ask from the son" (Breton proverb)

"Need excavates the trick." (Arabic proverb)

"Do not hide your light under a bushel" (Danish proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact