CAPSIZING

capsizing

(noun) (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

capsizing

present participle of capsize

Noun

capsizing (plural capsizings)

An overturning of a boat etc.

Source: Wiktionary


CAPSIZE

Cap*size", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.] Etym: [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.]

Definition: To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron.

Cap"size`, n.

Definition: An upset or overturn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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