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Antonyms for keel

Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : kil

Definition of keel

Origin :
  • "lowest timber of a ship or boat," mid-14c., probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse kjölr "keel," Danish kjøl, Swedish köl, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Some etymologists say this is unconnected with the keel that means "a ship, barge," which also is the root of Middle Dutch kiel "ship," Old English ceol "ship's prow," Old High German kiel, German Kiel "ship," but the two words have influenced each other. Barnhart, however, calls them cognates. This other word is said to be from Proto-Germanic *keula, from PIE *geul- "rounded vessel." Keel still is used locally in England and U.S. for "flat-bottomed boat," especially on the Tyne.
  • verb fall
Example sentences :
  • It had been blockaded for months with its keel out of water.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The keel was laid for a ship of thirty-five tons, to be named the Pilot.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • There are three things we've forgotten, the stem, stern-post, and keel.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • About halfway down the keel of the ship you'll find a chain hanging.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • Sometimes there was twelve foot under her keel and sometimes eight or nine.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • You will when the wind steadies; it's squally just now, and she feels it, for she has no keel.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • Then one could go out into the midst of the people and keel over a world.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • They are narrow, round below, have no keel and may be easily overset.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Does it matter that one keel should slip through the grip of the Polar ice?
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Our keel had rubbed bottom and Hamilton was springing out of the other canoe.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

Synonyms for keel

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