About The Word Careen

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Careen

Careen Meaning & Definition
Careen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Careen?

[n] pitching dangerously to one side
[v] move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a vehicle out of control
[v] walk as if unable to control one's movements

Synonyms | Synonyms for Careen: keel | lurch | reel | rock | shift | stagger | swag | sway | sway | tilt | tilt | wobble

Related Terms | Find terms related to Careen: ascend | bank | blunder | bob | bobble | cant | capsize | career | climb | coggle | come a cropper | culbuter | dangle | decline | descend | dip | drop | fall | fall away | fall down | fall flat | fall headlong | fall off | fall over | fall prostrate | falter | flounce | flounder | fluctuate | flutter | get a cropper | go downhill | go uphill | grade | heel | incline | keel | keel over | labor | lay down | lean | librate | lie along | list | lurch | nutate | oscillate | overset | overthrow | overturn | pendulate | pitch | pitch and plunge | plunge | rake | reel | resonate | retreat | rise | rock | roll | seethe | shake | shelve | sidle | slant | slope | sprawl | spread-eagle | stagger | struggle | stumble | subvert | swag | sway | swerve | swing | swinging | take a fall | take a flop | take a header | take a pratfall | take a spill | thrash about | tilt | tip | tip over | topple | topple down | topple over | topsy-turvify | topsy-turvy | toss | toss and tumble | toss and turn | totter | trip | tumble | turn a somersault | turn over | turn topsy-turvy | turn turtle | turn upside down | uprise | upset | upturn | vacillate | veer | vibrate | volutation | wag | waggle | wallop | wallow | wave | waver | weave | welter | wobble

See Also | lurch | move | pitch | pitching | totter | walk

Careen In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*reen"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Careened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Careening}.] [OF. cariner, F. car['e]ner, fr. OF. car[`e]ne, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.] (Naut.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.
\Ca*reen"\, v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

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