YAWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yawl mean? 

• YAWL (noun)
  The noun YAWL has 2 senses:

1. a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)

2. a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

  Familiarity information: YAWL used as a noun is rare.

• YAWL (verb)
  The verb YAWL has 1 sense:

1. emit long loud cries

  Familiarity information: YAWL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YAWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

small boat (a boat that is small)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yawl"):

jolly; jolly boat (a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dandy; yawl

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

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

• YAWL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emit long loud cries

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

howl; roar; ululate; wail; yaup; yawl

Context example:

howl with sorrow

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

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

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

squall; waul; wawl (make high-pitched, whiney noises)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

Out I went in my little cock-boat—you know my sixty-ton yawl, Charlie?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)