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heave to

heave to verb: to cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.

Verb

heave to (third-person singular simple present heaves to, present participle heaving to, simple past heaved to or hove to, past participle heaved to or hove to or hoven to)

  1. (intransitive) To cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.
  2. (intransitive) To come to a halt.

heave to meaning in Tamil

heave to in Tamil

நங்கூரமிடல்

Forms of heave to

third-person singular presentheaves to
present participleheaving to
pastheaved to
pasthove to
past participleheaved to
past participlehove to
past participlehoven to

Questions about heave to

What does heave to mean?
Heave to means to cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.
What is heave to in Tamil?
Heave to in Tamil is நங்கூரமிடல். See Heave to meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heave to?
Heave to is a verb.
What is the past tense of heave to?
The past tense of heave to is heaved to.

Words near heave to in the dictionary

  1. heave into sight
  2. heave into view
  3. heave offering
  4. heave offerings
  5. heave the log
  6. heave to
  7. heave-ho
  8. heave-hoed
  9. heave-hoes
  10. heave-hoing
  11. heave-hos

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