about ship
44 synonyms found
- back and fill
- bear away
- bear off
- bear to starboard
- beat
- beat about
- box off
- break
- bring about
- bring round
- cant
- cant round
- cast
- cast about
- change course
- change the heading
- come about
- double a point
- fetch about
- go about
- gybe
- heave round
- jibe
- jibe all standing
- miss stays
- ply
- put about
- put back
- round a point
- sheer
- shift
- slew
- swerve
- swing round
- swing the stern
- tack
- throw about
- turn
- turn back
- veer
- wear
- wear ship
- wind
- yaw
Definition
(preposition) :
around; all round; outside or on every side of; in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person)
"if thou beest not immortal look about you. - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, II-iii"
(v) :
on all sides; around; in circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across
"'Tis time to look about. - Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-vii"