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Synonyms for careen

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-reen
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrin


Définition of careen

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to turn a ship on its side" (with the keel exposed), from French cariner, literally "to expose a ship's keel," from Middle French carene "keel" (16c.), from Italian (Genoese dialect) carena, from Latin carina "keel of a ship," originally "nutshell," possibly from PIE root *kar- "hard" (see hard (adj.)).
  • Intransitive sense of "to lean, to tilt" is from 1763, specifically of ships; in general use by 1883. In sense "to rush headlong," confused with career (v.) since at least 1923. [To career is to move rapidly; to careen is to lurch from side to side (often while moving rapidly).] Earlier figurative uses of careen were "to be laid up; to rest." Related: Careened; careening.
  • verb tilt; move wildly down path
Example sentences :
  • Of a sudden the wind lulled, and the Circassian righted from her careen.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • "We must run for shelter there, and careen her," said Levasseur.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • But my ships are foul with the long passage, and are in need of a careen.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
  • We will careen the ship for a day or so, so as to let the carpenter and his mates get at the leak.
  • Extract from : « Jones of the 64th » by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
  • When we have your report, we can arrange to careen the ship, but not before.
  • Extract from : « Roger the Bold » by F. S. Brereton
  • Afterwards I helped to careen the Ships, to refit them, and to calk them.
  • Extract from : « The Travels and Adventures of James Massey » by Simon Tyssot de Patot
  • It can't be more than a week or ten days' job, even if we careen her.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery » by Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Careen the Margarita there and rectify the wrong—which he trusted was not great.
  • Extract from : « 1492 » by Mary Johnston
  • The 3d July I hove my ship down on the careen to sheath her.
  • Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. » by Robert Kerr
  • However, on the arrival of the Isaac Todd, means were found to careen the vessel and repair the damage.
  • Extract from : « Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific » by Gabriel Franchere

Antonyms for careen

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