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gybe

(jīb)

v. & n.

Variant of jibe¹.

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gybe

(dʒaɪb) nautical or

jibe

1. (Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a fore-and-aft sail) to shift suddenly from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind, as the result of allowing the wind to catch the leech

2. (Nautical Terms) to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybing

(Nautical Terms) an instance of gybing

[C17: from obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen), of obscure origin]

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jibe¹

(dʒaɪb)

also jib

v. jibed, jib•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.

2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.

v.t.

3. to cause to jibe.

4. the act of jibing.

[1685–95; variant of gybe, appar. alter. of < Dutch gijben, (now more commonly gijpen)]

jibe²

(dʒaɪb)

v.i., v.t. jibed, jib•ing,
n.

gibe.

jibe³

(dʒaɪb)

v.i. jibed, jib•ing.

to be in harmony or accord; agree; correspond.

[1805–15, Amer.; orig. uncertain]

gybe

Past participle: gybed
Gerund: gybing

Imperative
gybe
gybe

Present
I gybe
you gybe
he/she/it gybes
we gybe
you gybe
they gybe

Preterite
I gybed
you gybed
he/she/it gybed
we gybed
you gybed
they gybed

Present Continuous
I am gybing
you are gybing
he/she/it is gybing
we are gybing
you are gybing
they are gybing

Present Perfect
I have gybed
you have gybed
he/she/it has gybed
we have gybed
you have gybed
they have gybed

Past Continuous
I was gybing
you were gybing
he/she/it was gybing
we were gybing
you were gybing
they were gybing

Past Perfect
I had gybed
you had gybed
he/she/it had gybed
we had gybed
you had gybed
they had gybed

Future
I will gybe
you will gybe
he/she/it will gybe
we will gybe
you will gybe
they will gybe

Future Perfect
I will have gybed
you will have gybed
he/she/it will have gybed
we will have gybed
you will have gybed
they will have gybed

Future Continuous
I will be gybing
you will be gybing
he/she/it will be gybing
we will be gybing
you will be gybing
they will be gybing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gybing
you have been gybing
he/she/it has been gybing
we have been gybing
you have been gybing
they have been gybing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gybing
you will have been gybing
he/she/it will have been gybing
we will have been gybing
you will have been gybing
they will have been gybing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gybing
you had been gybing
he/she/it had been gybing
we had been gybing
you had been gybing
they had been gybing

Conditional
I would gybe
you would gybe
he/she/it would gybe
we would gybe
you would gybe
they would gybe

Past Conditional
I would have gybed
you would have gybed
he/she/it would have gybed
we would have gybed
you would have gybed
they would have gybed

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Verb

gybe - shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"

change course, jib, jibe

sail - travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on"

Translations

halsen

strambare

gybe

jibe [dʒaɪb] vi (Naut) → strambare

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