Luff

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The act of sailing closer into the wind. noun

The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail. noun

The fullest part of the bow of a ship. noun

To steer a sailing vessel closer into the wind, especially with the sails flapping. intransitive verb

To flap while losing wind. Used of a sail. intransitive verb

To sail (a vessel, such as a yacht) closer into the wind during a race so as to prevent an opponent's craft from passing on the windward side. intransitive verb

To raise or lower (the boom of a crane or derrick). intransitive verb

Naut., to bring the head of (a vessel) nearer to the wind.

To steer or come nearer to the wind.

Lieutenant: as, he is first luff. noun

A variant of loof. noun

The wooden case in which the light is carried in the sport of lowbelling. noun

To lift (the boom of a derrick).

Nautical noun

The fullest and broadest part of a vessel's bow; the loof. noun

The weather-gage, or part of a ship toward the wind. noun

The sailing of a ship close to the wind. noun

The weather part of a fore-and-aft sail, or the side next the mast or stay to which it is attached. noun

A luff-tackle. noun

The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.

The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.

The roundest part of a ship's bow.

The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

To love in such a way that it's not considered to "be in love", but to be connected enough to a person to share conversation about anything with. Greater than a best friend, but also lesser than a lover. Urban Dictionary

V. to vacillate, typically to the point of detriment. An act common of indecisive persons. From an old Nautical term: luffing - v. to steer a ship into the wind where the sails begin to flutter and experiences a severe loss of power until tacked to one direction or another. Urban Dictionary

Noncommittal fluffy bunny love. Urban Dictionary

A gnarlier, awesomish way to say love Urban Dictionary

Often used by 14 year old girls or Dyslexics Urban Dictionary

I love you like a friend Urban Dictionary

Used by 12 year old girls, deslexic people or just pure retards. annoying as shit and pointless. commonly found before the word 'yew' also used by the same people as mentioned above. Urban Dictionary

A cuter, girlish way to say love Urban Dictionary

A playful version of the word luff Urban Dictionary

Something n00bs like to say to their online boyfriend/girlfriend. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to luff:
luff.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word luff:
halyard, philately, philatelic, spinnaker, enduro, mainsail, leech, tack, nunatak, jib, sailboat, aps, mast, sail, canto, garth, asymmetric, hauling, sails, worcestershire, leach, pitted, baird, exceptional, endurance, rig, holden, aft, lap, trailing, amnesty, fastest, tension, commodore, distinguished, contributions, richards, owen, boom, driver, jamie, foot, tackle, fame, ahead, greg, edge, racing, craig, triple, outstanding, pole, mid, award, connect, wind, society, dave, victorian, walker, footballer, jason, attached, lewis, russell, ford, bottom, car, boat, seconds, forward, medal, andrew, corner, rating, hall, conservative, jones, race, trained, straight, rules, finish, draft, wall, peter, cross, goals, scott, jim, ten.

Words that rhyme with luff:
tough, buff, stuff, rough, enough, slough, bluff, puff, cuff, rebuff, huff, snuff, duff, fluff, ruff, gruff, scuff, scruff, muff, tuff, guff, chuff, foodstuff, hough, earmuff, spliff, handcuff, sluff, stough, bruff, ruffe, fisticuff, cluff, macduff, dyestuff, off the cuff, ruf, pluff, overstuff, knuff, shruff, shuff, mcduff, cream puff, acuff, sure enough, good enough, hot stuff, marshmallow fluff, in the buff, leboeuf, oddly enough, neck ruff, schuff, cuffe, get tough, sob stuff, soon enough, well enough, strangely enough, scottsbluff, small stuff, real stuff, create from raw stuff, trouser cuff, curiously enough, interestingly enough, goodnough, mcgough, dayhuff, lebouef, mcgeough, petstuff, piedboeuf, vakuf.

Adjectives that are often used to describe luff:
first, short, second, close, double, taut, poor, sharp, better, sudden, attentive, long, main, straight, sail, slight, okazaki, fifth, lower, tight, favorable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective luff:
tackle.

Consonant match to luff:
life, leaf, laugh, loaf, loffe, lief, laff, leif, lauf, leff, liffe, liff.

Words that sound like luff:
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