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Definition: YAW |
YAWNoun1. An erratic deflection from an intended course. Verb1. Be wide open. 2. Deviate erratically form a set course, as of a ship, for example. 3. Become deflected. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Post & Telecom | To change direction about the normal axis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TO YAW |
| Specialty definitions using "TO YAW": flight characteristic. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "TO YAW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | gire (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), dreje ud af kurs (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitschieten (bud), uitscheren (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), uitgieren (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), schuiver maken (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), gieren (cry out, fertilize, scream, shout, skid, whistle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | tourner autour de l'axe du lacet, rôder sur son ancre (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), faire une embardée (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), embarder (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | schlenkern (dangle, sway, swerve, swing), Schlenker machen (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), Hauer machen (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), gieren (lust, yaw), ausschiessen (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), ausscheren (break formation, break rank, leave the line, peel off, sheer off, swing out, veer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | να στρίψει, να πλαγιολισθήσει, παρατιμονιάζω (to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw), παροιακίζω (sheer, take a yaw, to lurch, to sheer, to take a yaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hirtelen elvetődik, hirtelen eltérít, hirtelen elfordul (to flounce), hirtelen elfordít, farol (to skid, to swerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | imbardare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otay yaway guinar (yaw). (various references) guiñar (blink, wink, yaw), derrapar (yaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-t-w-y" | |
-1 letter: towy. | |
-2 letters: oat, tao, taw, tow, toy, twa, two, wat, way, wot, yaw, yow. | |
-3 letters: at, aw, ay, ow, oy, ta, to, wo, ya, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-t-w-y" | |
+2 letters: footway, tallowy, tollway, towaway. | |
+3 letters: footways, motorway, outlawry, outweary, routeway, stowaway, tollways, towardly, towaways, wantonly. | |
+4 letters: airworthy, motorways, outwardly, polywater, routeways, seaworthy, stowaways, throwaway, worrywart, wyandotte, wyliecoat. | |
+5 letters: polywaters, roadworthy, shantytown, thoughtway, throughway, throwaways, untowardly, worrywarts, wyandottes, wyliecoats, yellowtail. | |
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