heave to

Related to heave to: heave ho

heave to

To turn a ship into the wind so as to stop forward motion. In this usage, the past tense of "heave" is "hove." We need to heave to with those nasty storm clouds on the horizon!

heave to

to stop a sailing ship by facing it directly into the wind. The captain gave the order to heave to. The ship hove to and everyone had a swim.

heave to

To steer a sailing ship directly into the wind so that it stops sailing, especially in order to face a storm or to make repairs: We hove to so that we could change the torn sail.

词组	heave to
释义	heave to Related to heave to: heave ho heave to To turn a ship into the wind so as to stop forward motion. In this usage, the past tense of "heave" is "hove." We need to heave to with those nasty storm clouds on the horizon! See also: heave Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. heave to to stop a sailing ship by facing it directly into the wind. The captain gave the order to heave to. The ship hove to and everyone had a swim. See also: heave McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. heave to v. To steer a sailing ship directly into the wind so that it stops sailing, especially in order to face a storm or to make repairs: We hove to so that we could change the torn sail. See also: heave The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: heave up heave in view ho heave ho old heave-ho the (old) heave-ho sling out sling the cat get the old heave-ho heave
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