Synonyms of the word

luff

• n. (nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
• n. (nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
• n. (nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
• n. (nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft…
• v. (nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
• v. (nautical, of a boat, intransitive) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively…
• v. (nautical, transitive) to let out [a sail] so that it luffs.
• v. (mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.

edge

• n. The boundary line of a surface.
• n. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices…
• n. An advantage.
• n. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword,…
• n. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
• n. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
• n. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time).
• n. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
• n. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
• n. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of…
• v. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
• v. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
• v. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
• v. (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric…
• v. (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
• v. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
• v. (figuratively) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
• v. (intransitive) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

flap

• n. (obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).
• n. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
• n. A hinged leaf.
• n. A side fin of a ray - also termed a wing.
• n. An upset, stir, scandal or controversy.
• n. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.
• n. A disease in the lips of horses.
• n. (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound ɾ in the standard…
• n. (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
• n. (slang, chiefly plural) The female genitals.
• v. (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
• v. (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
• v. (computing, telecommunications, intransitive) Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as…

margin

• n. (typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.
• n. The edge or border of any flat surface.
• n. (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.
• n. A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
• n. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
• n. (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
• n. (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into…
• v. To add a margin to.

point

• n. A discrete division of something.
• n. A sharp extremity.
• n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
• n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
• n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
• n. Lace worked by the needle.
• n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
• n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
• n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
• n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
• n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
• n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
• v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
• v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
• v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
• v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
• v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
• v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
• v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
• v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
• v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
• v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
• v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
• v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
• v. (obsolete) To appoint.
• v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

roll

• v. (ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward…
• v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
• v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
• v. (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing…
• v. (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
• v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
• v. (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
• v. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with…
• v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
• v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
• v. (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
• v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
• v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
• v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
• v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one…
• v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
• v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
• v. (dice games, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
• v. (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
• v. (role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine…
• v. (computing) To generate a random number.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare…
• v. (transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
• v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
• v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
• v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
• v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
• v. To have a rolling aspect.
• v. (figuratively, intranstive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
• v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone.
• v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
• n. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
• n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
• n. That which rolls; a roller.
• n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
• n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on…
• n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
• n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
• n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
• n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
• n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
• n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
• n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
• n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.

sail

• n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the…
• n. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
• n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• n. (dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
• n. The blade of a windmill.
• n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
• n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
• n. (fishing) A sailfish.
• n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
• n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
• v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled…
• v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
• v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
• v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
• v. To move briskly.

sailing

• n. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
• n. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
• n. the time of departure from a port.
• n. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
• adj. Travelling by ship.
• v. present participle of sail.

undulate

• v. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
• v. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave.
• v. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
• v. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.
• adj. Wavy in appearance or form.
• adj. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
• adj. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down.

wave

• v. (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly.
• v. (intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the head) in greeting or departure.
• v. (transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion,…
• v. (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
• v. (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
• v. (transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
• v. (transitive, metonymically) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
• v. (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
• n. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of water; an undulation.
• n. (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
• n. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
• n. (figuratively) A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.
• n. A sideway movement of the hand(s).
• n. A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of…
• v. Obsolete spelling of waive.