Meaning

1 senses

  1. To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

Origin

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

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Forms

hawses, hawsing, hawsed, hawsed
Base formhawse · to hawse
3rd person singularhawses
Present participlehawsing
Past simplehawsed
Past participlehawsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhawse
he, she, ithawses

Past simpleLesson

all personshawsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hawsed
he, she, ithas hawsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hawse

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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