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Webster 1913 Edition
Careen
Ca-reen′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Careened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Careening
.] [OF.
cariner
, F. caréner
, fr. OF. carène
, 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′
,Verb.
I.
To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Careen
CAREEN
,Verb.
T.
CAREEN
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
careen
careen
English
Verb
careen (third-person singular simple present careens, present participle careening, simple past and past participle careened)
- (nautical) 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.
- (nautical) To tilt on one side.
- To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
- To tilt or lean while in motion. [from late 19th c.]
- To career, to move rapidly straight ahead. [from at least early 20th c.]
- 1909, E.M. Forster, “I”, in The Machine Stops:
- 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.
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Translations
to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other
to tilt on one side
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to sway violently from side to side or lurch
to tilt or lean while in motion
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