rock, careen, sway, tilt
(noun) pitching dangerously to one side
careen, wobble, shift, tilt
(verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way; “The ship careened out of control”
stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
(verb) walk as if unable to control one’s movements; “The drunken man staggered into the room”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
careen (third-person singular simple present careens, present participle careening, simple past and past participle careened)
(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
(nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
To tilt or lean while in motion. [from late 19th c.]
(chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly. [from at least early 20th c.]
(chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
The "move rapidly" senses are considered by some, especially in British English, to be an error due to confusion with "career".
• (tilt): heel
careen (plural careens)
(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
• Cerean, carene, crenae, enrace, recane
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*reen", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Careened; p. pr. & vb. n. Careening.] Etym: [OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.] (Naut.)
Definition: To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.
Ca*reen" (, v. i.
Definition: To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
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