laveer

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/ləˈvɪə(ɹ)/

verb

To beat against the wind; to tack.

OriginDutch laveren →
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Meanings

verblaveer (third-person singular simple present laveers, present participle laveering, simple past and past participle laveered)

present singular third person laveers · participle present laveering · participle past laveered · past laveered

  1. obsoletenauticalTo beat against the wind; to tack.

    But those that 'gainst stiff Gales laveering go Must be at once resolv'd and skilful too.

    1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux

Origin

  1. Dutchlaveren
  2. Englishlaveer

From Dutch laveren.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with laveer

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Anagrams

revealleavervealer
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APA

laveer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laveer

MLA

“laveer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laveer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laveer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laveer.

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