yaw
verb (used without object)
to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
are yawing
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present progressiveof yaw.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I want you to ask him, Amos," said the seaman, "why we are yawing and tacking here when we should be cracking on all sail to stand after them?"
From The Refugees by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
