ALL meanings of yaw
yaw
Y y - verb without object yaw to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship. 1
- verb without object yaw (of an aircraft) to have a motion about its vertical axis. 1
- verb without object yaw (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillation of the longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane. 1
- verb with object yaw to cause to yaw. 1
- noun yaw one of the lesions of yaws. 1
- noun yaw (of a moving ship or aircraft) twist or oscillate about a vertical axis. 1
- noun yaw boat, ship: pitching motion 1
- noun yaw aircraft: pitching motion 1
- intransitive verb yaw nautical: swerve, pitch 1
- intransitive verb yaw aircraft: pitch 1
- verb yaw If an aircraft or a ship yaws, it turns to one side so that it changes the direction in which it is moving. 0
- verb yaw (of an aircraft, missile, etc) to turn about its vertical axis 0
- verb yaw (of a ship, etc) to deviate temporarily from a straight course 0
- verb yaw to cause (an aircraft, ship, etc) to yaw 0
- noun yaw the angular movement of an aircraft, missile, etc, about its vertical axis 0
- noun yaw the deviation of a vessel from a straight course 0
- intransitive verb yaw to swing back and forth across its course, as a ship pushed by high waves 0
- intransitive verb yaw to swing to the left or right on the vertical axis so that the longitudinal axis forms an angle with the line of flight; esp., to rotate or oscillate about the vertical axis 0
- verb transitive yaw to cause to yaw 0
- noun yaw an act of yawing 0
- noun yaw the angle formed by a yawing craft 0
- noun yaw The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane. 0
- noun yaw The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile. 0
- noun yaw An act of yawing. 0
- noun yaw (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness. 0
- noun yaw The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis. 0
- verb yaw (Intransitive Verb) (aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course. 0
- verb yaw (Intransitive Verb) (nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard. 0
- verb yaw (Intransitive Verb) (nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course. 0
- verb yaw (Intransitive Verb) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. 0