Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to yaw
Participle: yawed
Gerund: yawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | yaw |
| you | yaw |
| he;she;it | yaws |
| we | yaw |
| you | yaw |
| they | yaw |
Perfect
| I | have yawed |
| you | have yawed |
| he;she;it | has yawed |
| we | have yawed |
| you | have yawed |
| they | have yawed |
Past
| I | yawed |
| you | yawed |
| he;she;it | yawed |
| we | yawed |
| you | yawed |
| they | yawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had yawed |
| you | had yawed |
| he;she;it | had yawed |
| we | had yawed |
| you | had yawed |
| they | had yawed |
Future
| I | will yaw |
| you | will yaw |
| he;she;it | will yaw |
| we | will yaw |
| you | will yaw |
| they | will yaw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have yawed |
| you | will have yawed |
| he;she;it | will have yawed |
| we | will have yawed |
| you | will have yawed |
| they | will have yawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | yaw |
| you | yaw |
| he;she;it | yaw |
| we | yaw |
| you | yaw |
| they | yaw |
Perfect
| I | have yawed |
| you | have yawed |
| he;she;it | have yawed |
| we | have yawed |
| you | have yawed |
| they | have yawed |
Imperfect
| I | yawed |
| you | yawed |
| he;she;it | yawed |
| we | yawed |
| you | yawed |
| they | yawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had yawed |
| you | had yawed |
| he;she;it | had yawed |
| we | had yawed |
| you | had yawed |
| they | had yawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would yaw |
| you | would yaw |
| he;she;it | would yaw |
| we | would yaw |
| you | would yaw |
| they | would yaw |
Perfect
| I | would have yawed |
| you | would have yawed |
| he;she;it | would have yawed |
| we | would have yawed |
| you | would have yawed |
| they | would have yawed |
Imperative
| you | yaw |
| we | Let's yaw |
| you | yaw |
Verbs conjugated like 'yaw'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'yaw'
caw,
daw,
gaw,
haw,
jaw,
kaw,
law,
paw,
saw,
taw,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bend
- curve, deviate, switch, change, shift, bank, turn, swerve
Antonyms
- bend
- straighten, stiffen, extend, stand
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to fall away from the line of a course," 1546, from O.N.
jaga, O.Dan.
jæge "to drive, chase," from M.L.G.
jagen (see yacht).
2. Unknown, first attested in the mid-16th century. Perhaps related to yar (“quick, agile”), or alternatively from Old Norse jaga (“to chase, drive, move back and forth”), from Middle Low German jagen (“to hunt, chase, pursue”), from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn, from Proto-Germanic *jakkōną (“to hunt”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*jakkōną'.
Sample Sentences
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Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question. [1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:]