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full and by

full and by adverb: keeping the sails full and steering by the wind.

Adverb

full and by

  1. Keeping the sails full and steering by the wind.
    • We sailed full and by for quite a while before getting down to serious navigation.

Questions about full and by

What does full and by mean?
Full and by means keeping the sails full and steering by the wind.
What part of speech is full and by?
Full and by is an adverb.

Words near full and by in the dictionary

  1. full adder
  2. full adders
  3. full agricultural tenancies
  4. full agricultural tenancy
  5. full AI
  6. full and by
  7. full angle
  8. full angles
  9. full artificial intelligence
  10. full as a boot
  11. full as a goog

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