Usually means: Turn a ship away from wind.
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  1. bear away: Merriam-Webster
  2. bear away: Vocabulary.com
  3. bear away: Wiktionary
  4. bear away: Dictionary.com
  5. bear away: Rhymezone
  6. bear away: FreeDictionary.org
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  8. bear away: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bear away: Legal dictionary

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  1. Bear away: Sports Definitions

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bear away)

▸ verb:  (nautical) To steer away from the wind

Similar:
bear off, carry away, take away, carry off, bear down, head off, bear off from, stand out, haul out, come away, more...

Opposite:
bring, take, carry

Types:
carry, transport, convey, deliver, ferry, lug, tote, haul, more...

Phrases:
to bear away, to bear away the bell, The Violent Bear It Away, bear it away, more...

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Similar:
bear off, carry away, take away, carry off, bear down, head off, bear off from, stand out, haul out, come away, more...

Opposite:
bring, take, carry

Types:
carry, transport, convey, deliver, ferry, lug, tote, haul, more...

Phrases:
to bear away, to bear away the bell, The Violent Bear It Away, bear it away, more...



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