bear off

bear off
Synonyms and related words:
about ship, angle, angle off, avert, back and fill, bear away, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, bend, bias, box off, branch off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the bearing, change the heading, come about, crook, curve, deflect, depart from, detour, deviate, digress, divagate, divaricate, diverge, double a point, draw aside, drift, drift off course, drive, ease off, edge off, fall down, fetch about, fetch away, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go about, go off, gybe, haul off, haw, head off, head to leeward, heave round, heel, jib, jibe, jibe all standing, make leeway, make way for, miss stays, move aside, oblique, pay off, ply, put about, put back, put off, round a point, run from, sag, sail away from, sheer, sheer off, shift, shove aside, shove off, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, skew, slew, slue, stand from, stand off, steer away from, steer clear of, step aside, sway, swerve, swing round, swing the stern, switch, tack, throw about, trend, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn back, twist, vary, veer, veer off, wear, wear ship, wind, yaw, yaw off

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • bear off — carry off; take off, remove; turn aside …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • To bear off — Bear Bear (b[^a]r), v. i. 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. [1913 Webster] This age to blossom, and the next to bear. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. [1913 Webster] But man is born …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bear off from — verb To stand further off from (a ship) Ant: bear in with …   Wiktionary

  • bear off the palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM …   Dictionary of American idioms

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