careen
Use Careen in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
(of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion: The car careened around the corner.
2.
(of a ship) to heel over or list.
3.
career ( def 7 ).
4.
South Midland U.S. to lean or bend away from the vertical position: The barn was careening a little.
verb (used with object) Nautical.
5.
to cause (a ship) to lie over on a side, as for repairs or cleaning; heave down.
6.
to clean or repair (a ship lying on its side for the purpose).
7.
to cause (a ship) to heel over or list, as by the force of a beam wind.
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noun
8.
a careening.
9.
Nautical. the position of a careened ship.
Origin:
1585–95 for def 9; < Middle French carine < Latin carīna keel, nutshell; akin to Greek káryon nut
1585–95 for def 9; < Middle French carine < Latin carīna keel, nutshell; akin to Greek káryon nut
Related forms
ca·reen·er, noun
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careen (kəˈriːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to sway or cause to sway dangerously over to one side |
| 2. | (tr) nautical to cause (a vessel) to keel over to one side, esp in order to clean or repair its bottom |
| 3. | (intr) nautical (of a vessel) to keel over to one side |
| [C17: from French carène keel, from Italian carena, from Latin carīna keel] | |
| ca'reenage | |
| —n | |
| ca'reener | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
careen
1591, "to turn a ship on its side" (with the keel exposed), from M.Fr. carene "keel," from It. (Genoese dialect) carena, from L. carina "keel of a ship," originally "nutshell." Generalized sense of "to lean, to tilt" is 1883; 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).
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Example sentences
Their moods often careen wildly from normal to sad or hostile at the slightest provocation.
AS they careen into the information age, the media are increasingly becoming the butts of their own jokes.
And watching the stars careen through the sky gave me pause.
The giant slide is actually two different slides that twist and turn and careen before dumping you into the pool below.
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