(idiomatic) To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved. / (idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.

(nautical, of the orientation of the sails of a ship) parallel with the keel, that is, going from bow to stern (as opposed to square-rigged).

the combination of all the forces that act on an object.

Any force acting normal, to a surface, or perpendicular to the tangent plane.

simple past tense and past participle of leave for dead

(transitive) To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.

Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.

(UK, informal) Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something. Particularly associated with and originally from the Madchester Era.

(idiomatic) To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody.

(transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not / (transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.