verb

if you capsize a boat, or if it capsizes, it turns upside down or onto its side in the water

if a boat casts off, it is untied and moves away from the land

if a ship comes about, it changes direction

verb

if a ship docks, it arrives at a dock

verb

if a ship or boat founders, it becomes full of water and sinks

if a ship goes about, it turns and sails in the opposite direction

verb

if a boat grounds or is grounded, it hits a rock or the ground under the water

if a ship heaves to, it stops moving. The past tense and past participle is hove to.

verb

if a boat heels, it leans over to one side

verb

if a boat hydroplanes, it travels very fast on the surface of the water

if a ship keels over, it falls sideways

if you lay a ship to, or if it lays to, it stops

verb

if a ship lists, it leans to one side

adverb

off a boat or ship and into the water

verb

if a ship or aircraft pitches, it moves up and down suddenly

verb

if a ship plunges, it moves up and down on water in an uncontrolled way

if a ship puts about, or if you put it about, it turns and sails in the opposite direction

if a ship puts in, it stops at a port

if a ship puts into a port, it stops there

if a ship puts out, it sails away from a port

verb

if a boat sails, it moves across the surface of an ocean, lake, river, etc.

if a boat shoves off, it moves away from the land into the water

verb

if a boat tacks, it turns so that the wind is blowing on the other side of its sails

verb

if a boat yaws, it goes off the straight course that it should be moving on

to keep sailing or traveling in the same direction

if a ship rides at anchor, it is attached to the bottom of the ocean by an anchor

if a ship runs aground, it becomes stuck on a piece of ground under the water, where the water is not deep enough