to yaw
3
8.9
- verb
- /jɔ/
- Specialized
:
desviarse
- The vessel was yawing through 40-foot seas, pitching and rolling in a Beaufort Force 11 storm, one category shy of a hurricane.
- pitch and yaw
- roll and yaw
- yaw to the left
So when you're when you're turning, you actually kind of do a roll and Yaw usually to enact a turn.
- So when you're when you're turning, you actually kind of do a roll and Yaw usually to enact a turn.
Examples
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The giant black ship was less than its own length away from the small freighter and yawing dangerously.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm trying to pitch down but we're yawing to the left.
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Push him a little bit, then all back full, yaw right.
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Make me pitch and yaw
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As soon as it begins to yaw, it develops a lift force like an airplane wing.
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When it destabilizes, it begins to yaw.
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The plane drops lower and lower, pitching and yawing in the wind.
Fiction book (1993) -
A malfunction in the automatic control system is causing the spacecraft to yaw in a skid-like fashion.
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As the airplane began to yaw to the right, the pilot adjusted the control to stabilize its flight.
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The ship started to yaw in the turbulent waters, prompting the captain to counter the movement with quick turns.
Synonyms
41
3.7
Turn a ship to a new direction to avoid danger
1
7.8
Turn away suddenly to avoid something
1
5.6
To turn sharply to the other side while moving
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yaw comes from old words meaning 'to turn to the side', so imagine a plane or boat that suddenly swings sideways in a gust. That's why to yaw means to swerve or move briefly off a straight course.