yawed
Swung off course
Yawed is the past tense of yaw, meaning to rotate or swing off course around a vertical axis.
Ships yaw when waves or currents push the bow side to side; aircraft yaw when they pivot left or right without banking.
The boat yawed in the heavy seas.
The plane yawed sharply before the pilot corrected.
Turned abruptly aside
- veeredTurned sharply aside
- lurchedMoved with sudden unsteadiness
- swungMoved in curve
- rotatedTurned on axis
pivoted · fishtailed · skidded · slewed · wobbled · oscillated · deviated · shifted
Pivoting stern blade
- aileronWing-mounted roll control
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
airspeed · altitude · aircraft · tailfin · stabilizer · autopilot · navigation · heading
swerved
Turned abruptly aside
rotated · pivoted · fishtailed · skidded · slewed · wobbled · oscillated · deviated · shifted · twisted
rudder
Pivoting stern blade
turbulence · airspeed · altitude · aircraft · tailfin · stabilizer · autopilot · navigation · heading · crosswind
rudder
Pivoting stern blade
mariner · starboard · port · tack · bow · stern · keel · mast · schooner · galley
yawedstraightened
Made free of bends
stayed · steadied · stabilized · corrected · aligned
- yawning gulf
- yawning void
- technicolor yawnHumorous term for vomiting