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(figuratively) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
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(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
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An internal organ that fish use to control their buoyancy, allowing them to maintain or change depth by changing their density.
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(nautical) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows (See upwind)
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(nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
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A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
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The act of jumping from a balcony towards a swimming pool.
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One of several external or internal tanks fitted in submarines; when filled with seawater they allow the boat to submerge; when emptied using compressed air buoyancy is restored and the vessel rises towards the surface. Auxiliary ballast tanks within the pressure hull allow the submarine to be trimmed.
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(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
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A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
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The state of a ship with a propeller operating so as to produce zero or near-zero speed.
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(chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
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(nautical) A light puff of wind.
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US standard spelling of centre of buoyancy. [(nautical) the point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water.]
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(plural only, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
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(nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
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(nautical) In a direction almost opposite to that from which the wind is blowing
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A temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson.
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(nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
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(nautical) The process of swinging and compensating a ship or aircraft compass by determining and reducing the deviation coefficients and recording the residual deviations; now done by computer.
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(nautical) The depth at which a submarine's pressure hull will collapse under external water pressure, causing the submarine to implode.
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A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled to a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR
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(nautical) A wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course.
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(nautical) Synonym of draft (depth of water needed to float a vessel)
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(military, nautical, aviation) A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.
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Alternative form of depth charge [(transitive, military, nautical, aviation) To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges.]
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(nautical, slang, attributive) Deep sea.
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(nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.
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(nautical) The entry of water or other liquid into a boat, ship, or other vessel through openings that are normally above the waterline.
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(nautical) of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
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(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
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(US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
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(now rare, historical, Canada, US) Specifically, a clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway.
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(nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.
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(nautical) The remains of a shipwreck still floating in the water.
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(nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
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(nautical) A wind blowing against the direction of travel.
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The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).
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The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
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(nautical) Having the bow of a boat facing directly into the wind
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A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
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(nautical) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; said of a ship when the bolts and nails are so badly eaten with rust as to cause leaks.
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Furnished with a keel, especially a keel of a specified type
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(nautical) To admit water by leakage.
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The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
adj
(dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.
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A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
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(usually with the) The narrow waterway connecting Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay.
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To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
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Of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.
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In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
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(nautical) The act of a wave (or other vessel) striking the stern of a vessel.
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A spiral slipstream generated by the propellers of a boat or aircraft.
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(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
adj
(nautical, of the sea, comparable) Rough, turbulent, characterized by large or rapid waves.
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Loose masses of ice on the surface of the ocean; pack ice through which a vessel can navigate.
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(obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
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A broadcast containing weather reports around the coast, especially of the United Kingdom
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(surfing) A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger surf, where the waves break in one single "wall" onto the beach, often in shallow water.
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(marine) the hydrodynamic phenomenon by which a vessel moving quickly through shallow water creates an area of lowered pressure that causes the ship to be closer to the seabed than would otherwise be expected.
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(of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
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(archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
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(nautical) Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
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(nautical) Of the wind, with great force; strongly.
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(nautical) A sailor's chart showing from the direction of the wind the ship's position in relation to the eye of a storm, and accordingly the proper course to be taken.
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(of a ship) Caught in a storm, so that proper navigation is impossible.
adj
(nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
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(archaic) Violent winds, especially those unfavourable to vessels at sea.
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Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.
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of a shore, having lots of breaking waves
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(construction) A board that lies beneath something.
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(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
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(intransitive, of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
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(idiomatic) Ocean conditions that are very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other watersports.
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(transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
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A controlled area where a floating wind turbine anchored with mooring lines drifts around.
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(nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
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(nautical) The bow of a ship that is turned towards the wind.
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(obsolete, naval) An advantageous position of one sailing vessel with respect to another, because of the direction of the prevailing wind, that allows it to maneuver for an attack etc.
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(nautical) A keeping of the helm somewhat aweather when a vessel shows a tendency to come into the wind while sailing.
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(often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
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(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
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(nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
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(nautical) A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)
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(chiefly nautical) Exposure to the wind.
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(nautical) Unable to sail because of high winds, or of onshore winds.
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