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gybe G0117900 (jīb)v. & n. Variant of jibe1.gybe (dʒaɪb) nautical or jibevb1. (Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a fore-and-aft sail) to shift suddenly from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind, as the result of allowing the wind to catch the leech2. (Nautical Terms) to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybingn (Nautical Terms) an instance of gybing[C17: from obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen), of obscure origin]jibe1 (dʒaɪb) also jib v. jibed, jib•ing, n. v.i. 1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. 2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner. v.t. 3. to cause to jibe. n. 4. the act of jibing. [1685–95; variant of gybe, appar. alter. of < Dutch gijben, (now more commonly gijpen)] jibe2 (dʒaɪb) v.i., v.t. jibed, jib•ing, n. gibe. jibe3 (dʒaɪb) v.i. jibed, jib•ing. to be in harmony or accord; agree; correspond. [1805–15, Amer.; orig. uncertain] gybe Past participle: gybed Gerund: gybing
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I gybe | you gybe | he/she/it gybes | we gybe | you gybe | they gybe |
Preterite |
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I gybed | you gybed | he/she/it gybed | we gybed | you gybed | they gybed |
Present Continuous |
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I am gybing | you are gybing | he/she/it is gybing | we are gybing | you are gybing | they are gybing |
Present Perfect |
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I have gybed | you have gybed | he/she/it has gybed | we have gybed | you have gybed | they have gybed |
Past Continuous |
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I was gybing | you were gybing | he/she/it was gybing | we were gybing | you were gybing | they were gybing |
Past Perfect |
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I had gybed | you had gybed | he/she/it had gybed | we had gybed | you had gybed | they had gybed |
Future |
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I will gybe | you will gybe | he/she/it will gybe | we will gybe | you will gybe | they will gybe |
Future Perfect |
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I will have gybed | you will have gybed | he/she/it will have gybed | we will have gybed | you will have gybed | they will have gybed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be gybing | you will be gybing | he/she/it will be gybing | we will be gybing | you will be gybing | they will be gybing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been gybing | you have been gybing | he/she/it has been gybing | we have been gybing | you have been gybing | they have been gybing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been gybing | you will have been gybing | he/she/it will have been gybing | we will have been gybing | you will have been gybing | they will have been gybing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been gybing | you had been gybing | he/she/it had been gybing | we had been gybing | you had been gybing | they had been gybing |
Conditional |
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I would gybe | you would gybe | he/she/it would gybe | we would gybe | you would gybe | they would gybe |
Past Conditional |
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I would have gybed | you would have gybed | he/she/it would have gybed | we would have gybed | you would have gybed | they would have gybed | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | gybe - shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"change course, jib, jibesail - travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" | TranslationsgybeenUK
gybe, jibe Nautical an instance of gybing GYBE
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GYBE➣Godspeed You Black Emperor (band; also seen as GSYBE) |
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Synonyms for gybeverb shift from one side of the ship to the otherSynonymsRelated Words |