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yaw

(/j//O/ )

an erratic deflection from an intended course(noun.event)

Synonym:
swerve

source: wordnet30
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.(noun)

source: webster1913

be wide open(verb.stative)

Synonym:
gape, yawn

source: wordnet30
deviate erratically from a set course(verb.motion)

Example:
The yawing motion of the ship.

source: wordnet30
swerve off course momentarily(verb.motion)

Example:
The ship yawed when the huge waves hit it.

source: wordnet30
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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