heave to
verb
heaved to; heaving to; heaves to
: to halt the headway of a ship (as by positioning a sailboat with the jib aback and the rudder turned sharply to windward)
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“Heave to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heave%20to. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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