English Explanatory Dictionary

heave to

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

heave to heaves to heaving to heaved to hove to hoven to

Related words

lie to
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