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YAW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An erratic deflection from an intended course

Synonyms:

swerve; yaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("yaw" is a kind of...):

turn; turning (a movement in a new direction)

Derivation:

yaw (deviate erratically from a set course)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swerve off course momentarily

Example:

the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "yaw" is one way to...):

curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer (turn sharply; change direction abruptly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deviate erratically from a set course

Example:

the yawing motion of the ship

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "yaw" is one way to...):

deviate; divert (turn aside; turn away from)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yaw"):

hunt (yaw back and forth about a flight path)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

yaw (an erratic deflection from an intended course)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be wide open

Example:

the deep gaping canyon

Synonyms:

gape; yaw; yawn

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "yaw" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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