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yaws   (TTS Sound)

The noun yaws has 1 sense

• yaws, frambesia, framboesia -- (an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions)

The noun yaw has 1 sense

• yaw, swerve -- (an erratic deflection from an intended course)

The verb yaw has 3 senses

• gape, yawn, yaw -- (be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon")


• yaw -- (deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship")


• yaw -- (swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it")