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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 \Careen"\, 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. \Careen"\, v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

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

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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