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GYBE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gybe ... he / she / it gybes
Past simple: gybed
Past participle: gybed
-ing form: gybing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shift from one side of the ship to the other
Example:
The sail jibbed wildly
Synonyms:
change course; gybe; jib; jibe
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "gybe" is one way to...):
sail (travel on water propelled by wind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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