Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To unbrake a crane so that it naturally aligns with the wind to prevent toppling.

  2. (intransitive)(of a grounded or hovering aircraft) To naturally align with the wind.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom said he wanted to buy a weathervane.

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  2. Tom said that he wanted to buy a weathervane.

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  3. The weathervane on top of the barn swung wildly from side to side.

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Forms

weathervanes, weathervaning, weathervaned, weathervaned
Base formweathervane · to weathervane
3rd person singularweathervanes
Present participleweathervaning
Past simpleweathervaned
Past participleweathervaned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyweathervane
he, she, itweathervanes

Past simpleLesson

all personsweathervaned

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill weathervane

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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