careen

[ kuh-reen ]

/ kəˈrin /

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verb (used without object)

(of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion: The car careened around the corner.

(of a ship) to heel over or list.

career (def. 7).

South Midland U.S. to lean or bend away from the vertical position: The barn was careening a little.

verb (used with object) Nautical.

to cause (a ship) to lie over on a side, as for repairs or cleaning; heave down.

to clean or repair (a ship lying on its side for the purpose).

to cause (a ship) to heel over or list, as by the force of a beam wind.

noun

a careening.

Nautical. the position of a careened ship.

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Origin of careen

1585–95 for def. 9; <Middle French carine<Latin carīna keel, nutshell; akin to Greek káryon nut

OTHER WORDS FROM careen

ca·reen·er, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH careen

careen , career

Words nearby careen

card vote, cardy, care, care and maintenance, care attendant, careen, career, career girl, careerism, careerist, careers adviser

How to use careen in a sentence

Rollerbladers careen down its immaculate sidewalks while couples stroll leisurely past.
Is Kharkiv Ukraine’s Next Tipping Point?|Vijai Maheshwari|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We have a movement full of people who love their country and who are terrified of the course that it continues to careen along.
What are the Implications of DeMint's Exit?|David Frum|December 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Here and there he lay in such rubbish as motionless as the effigies careen on marble biers.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
At early dawn a fierce gust of wind caused the schooners "Hamilton" and "Scourge" to careen far to leeward.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.

On the 28th the weather was fine enough to "Careen clean and tallow the ships five streaks below the water line."
Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne|Robert C. Leslie
He by no means suffering them to "careen at Umrest where all the Dutch ships are cleaned."
Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne|Robert C. Leslie
Al, who was in the main cabin, ran forward as he felt the boat shiver and careen and looked down over the bow.
With Sully into the Sioux Land|Joseph Mills Hanson

British Dictionary definitions for careen

careen

/ (kəˈriːn) /

verb

to sway or cause to sway dangerously over to one side

(tr) nautical to cause (a vessel) to keel over to one side, esp in order to clean or repair its bottom

(intr) nautical (of a vessel) to keel over to one side

Derived forms of careen

careenage, nouncareener, noun

Word Origin for careen

C17: from French carène keel, from Italian carena, from Latin carīna keel

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