| Pronunciation: | | ku'reen
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| Matching Terms: | | careenage, career, career counseling, career girl, career limiting move, career man, careerism, careerist
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | keel, lurch, reel, rock, shift, stagger, swag, sway, sway, tilt, tilt, wobble |
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| | See Also: | | lurch, move, pitch, pitching, totter, walk |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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