Usually means: Flapping sail due to wind.
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  1. luffed: Merriam-Webster
  2. luffed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. luffed: Vocabulary.com
  4. luffed: Wordnik
  5. luffed: Wiktionary
  6. Luffed, luffed: Dictionary.com
  7. Luffed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Luffed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. luffed: FreeDictionary.org
  10. luffed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. luffed: Encyclopedia

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  1. Luffed: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Luff)

noun:  (nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
noun:  (nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
noun:  (nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
noun:  (nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
verb:  (nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
verb:  (nautical, of sailing vessels, intransitive) To bring the ship's head up closer to the wind. (Alternatively luff up)
verb:  (nautical, transitive) to let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
verb:  (mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
noun:  A surname.
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