YAWL
Dictionary entry overview: What does yawl mean?
• YAWL (noun)
The noun YAWL has 2 senses:
1. a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
2. a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
Familiarity information: YAWL used as a noun is rare.
• YAWL (verb)
The verb YAWL has 1 sense:
1. emit long loud cries
Familiarity information: YAWL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YAWL (noun)
Meaning:
A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("yawl" is a kind of...):
small boat (a boat that is small)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yawl"):
jolly; jolly boat (a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work)
Meaning:
A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dandy; yawl
Hypernyms ("yawl" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
• YAWL (verb)
Meaning:
Emit long loud cries
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
howl; ululate; wail; yaup; yawl; roar
Context examples:
wail in self-pity / howl with sorrow
Hypernyms (to "yawl" is one way to...):
call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yawl"):
squall; waul; wawl (make high-pitched, whiney noises)
Sentence frames:
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