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noun
1.
Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
2.
Literary. a ship or boat.
3.
a part corresponding to a ship's keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible balloon.
4.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Carina.
5.
EXPANDBotany, Zoology. a longitudinal ridge, as on a leaf or bone; a carina.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
7.
to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
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Keel over
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
8.
Idiomkeel over,
a.
to capsize or overturn.
b.
to fall as in a faint: Several cadets keeled over from the heat during the parade.
9.
on an even keel, in a state of balance; steady; steadily: The affairs of state are seldom on an even keel for long.
Origin:
1325–75; 1895–1900 for def. 8; Middle English kele < Old Norse kjǫlr; cognate with Old English cēol keel, ship; see keel2
1325–75; 1895–1900 for def. 8; Middle English kele < Old Norse kjǫlr; cognate with Old English cēol keel, ship; see keel2
Related forms
keeled, adjective
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| keel over | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to turn upside down; capsize |
| 2. | informal (intr) to collapse suddenly |
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Word Origin & History
keel
"lowest timber of a ship or boat," mid-14c., from O.N. kjölr "keel," from P.Gmc. *keluz, of uncertain origin. Etymologists say this is unconnected with the root of M.Du. kiel "ship," O.E. ceol "ship's prow," O.H.G. kiel, Ger. Kiel "ship," but the two words have influenced each other. This other
EXPAND word is said to be from P.Gmc. *keula, from PIE *geul- "rounded vessel." Keel still is used locally in England and U.S. for "flat-bottomed boat," especially on the Tyne. To keel over (1876) is from the nautical image of a ship turning keel-up. Keelhaul is 17c. from Du. kielhalen "to haul under the keel," an old punishment. The verb is 1838, Amer.Eng., from the noun.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
keel over
Collapse, as if in a faint; also, faint. For example, When she heard the awful news, she keeled over. This term alludes to a vessel rolling on its keel and capsizing. [Mid-1800s]
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