lawirować — meaning in English
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English meaning
- prevaricate verb To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- tack noun A short nail with a broad, flat head.
Senses
lawirować is used for these senses in English:
- prevaricate (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- tack (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
prevaricate — full definition
- verb To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- verb To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
- verb To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- verb To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
tack — full definition
- noun A short nail with a broad, flat head.
- noun A change of course or approach, especially a new strategy after the old one stopped working.
- noun The equipment used on a horse, such as a saddle and bridle.
- verb To turn a sailing boat so the wind switches from one side to the other, or more generally to fasten something loosely in place.