heave to (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: To cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.
tags: intransitive
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To come to a halt.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a ship or other naval vessel
Forms:
form: heaves to
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: heaving to
tags: participle
present
form: heaved to
tags: past
form: hove to
tags: past
form: heaved to
tags: participle
past
form: hove to
tags: participle
past
form: hoven to
tags: participle
past