heave to

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heave to. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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