Plural of yaw
regular plural
The plural of yaw is yaws.
Forms of yaw
| Singular | yaw /jɔː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | yaws /ˈjɔːz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Yaws in a sentence
- Spotted fever, yaws, typhus and trypanosomiasis throve here.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 297. From the entry trypanosomiasis
- Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 16. From the entry yaws
Meaning of yaw
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- noun A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
Questions about the plural of yaw
- What is the plural of yaw?
- The plural of yaw is yaws.
- Is yaw countable?
- Yaw is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yaw (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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