Definitions
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- verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
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synonyms (115)
Words with the same meaning
- about ship
- angle
- angle off
- avert
- back and fill
- bear away
- bear to starboard
- beat
- beat about
- bend
- bias
- box off
- branch off
- break
- bring about
- bring round
- cant
- cant round
- cast
- cast about
- change course
- change the bearing
- change the heading
- come about
- crook
- curve
- deflect
- depart from
- detour
- deviate
- digress
- divagate
- divaricate
- diverge
- double a point
- draw aside
- drift
- drift off course
- drive
- ease off
- edge off
- fall down
- fetch about
- fetch away
- fly off
- gee
- glance
- glance off
- go about
- go off
- gybe
- haul off
- haw
- head off
- head to leeward
- heave round
- heel
- jib
- jibe
- jibe all standing
- make leeway
- make way for
- miss stays
- move aside
- oblique
- pay off
- ply
- put about
- put back
- put off
- round a point
- run from
- sag
- sail away from
- sheer
- sheer off
- shift
- shove aside
- shove off
- shunt
- shy
- shy off
- side
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- sidle
- skew
- slew
- slue
- stand from
- stand off
- steer away from
- steer clear of
- step aside
- sway
- swerve
- swing round
- swing the stern
- switch
- tack
- throw about
- trend
- turn
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn back
- twist
- vary
- veer
- veer off
- wear
- wear ship
- wind
- yaw
- yaw off
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