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heave to meaning in Tamil

நங்கூரமிடல்

heave to in Tamil: நங்கூரமிடல். In English, heave to means to cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.

Tamil words for heave to

நங்கூரமிடல்

English meaning of heave to

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

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Questions about heave to in Tamil

What is the meaning of heave to in Tamil?
Heave to in Tamil is நங்கூரமிடல்.
heave to என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Heave to: நங்கூரமிடல்.
What does heave to mean in English?
Heave to means to cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: heave to (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: heave to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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