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careen

verb
/kəˈɹiːn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin carīna Italian carenabor. French carènebor. English careen First attested in the late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Italian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.

  1. derived from carīna
  2. derived from carena
  3. borrowed from carène

Definitions

  1. To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of…

    To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

  2. To tilt on one side.

  3. To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

    • They were not motionless, but swayed to and fro above her head, thronging out of one sky-light into another, as if the universe and not the air-ship was careening.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To tilt or lean while in motion.

    2. To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.

    3. To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

    4. The position of a ship laid on one side.

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