bear off

English - Turkish

Definition of bear off in English Turkish dictionary: (Dilbilim) kapıp götürmek

English - English

Definition of bear off in English English dictionary: To turn away from the wind; carry off; take off, remove; turn aside; A player bears off a checker by rolling a number that corresponds to the point on which the checker resides, and then removing that checker from the board Men borne off the board are not re-entered into play The player who bears off all his checkers first is the winner; To remove a checker from the board according to a roll of the dice, after all of the player's checkers have been brought into his home board; Turn away from the wind; Steer away from the wind, shore or any object; remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"; Bearing off is when you turn down wind a bit If you were to be sailing on a close reach, and you were to bear off, you would turn the nose of your board further downwind
bear off from: To stand further off from (a ship)

bear off

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Bear off

ber ôf

/ˈber ˈôf/ /ˈbɛr ˈɔːf/

[ 'bar, 'ber ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English bere, from Old English bera; akin to Old English brun brown; more at BROWN.

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