yaw
verb (used without object)
to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
yawed
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past participleof yaw.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof yaw.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
yawverb (used without object)to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
Example Sentences
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High gusts whipped the plane as it moved toward the runway, and it yawed too steeply.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2017
The game yawed back and forth from there.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017
Kirschvink also found a signal when the applied field yawed into the floor, as if the subject had looked up.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 23, 2016
Next he yawed the spacecraft and fired the aft thrusters to move it onto the same orbital plane as the phantom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly, a sloop yawed toward them and the moon filled its half sail with bright light.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
