yaw
verb (used without object)
to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
have yawed
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present perfectof yaw.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If I’d left the wheel, wouldn’t the ship have yawed, and you come to see what was the matter?”
From Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by George Manville Fenn
