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(luffed) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to turn a sail toward the wind.

Example Sentence

The sail luffed as we put about for port.

More Example Sentences

Wind changed so they luffed the sails.

Synonyms

turned; angled; adjusted

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Rhymes

  • bluffed
  • cuffed
  • fluffed
  • huffed
  • luffed
  • luft
  • puffed
  • roughed
  • scuffed
  • snuffed
  • stuffed
  • toughed
  • tuft
  • tufte

  • rebuffed
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