Careen

Word CAREEN
Character 6
Hyphenation ca reen
Pronunciations /kəˈɹiːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Careen"

What do we mean by careen?

To lurch or swerve while in motion. intransitive verb

To move forward rapidly, especially with a swaying motion or with minimal control; career. intransitive verb

To lean to one side, as a ship sailing in the wind. intransitive verb

To turn a ship on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing. intransitive verb

To cause (a ship) to lean to one side; tilt. intransitive verb

To lean (a ship) on one side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing. intransitive verb

To clean, caulk, or repair (a ship in this position). intransitive verb

The act or process of careening a ship. noun

The position of a careened ship. noun

Nautical, to cause (a ship) to lie over on one side for the purpose of examining, or of calking, repairing, cleansing, paying with pitch, or breaming the other side.

To lean to one side, as a ship under a press of sail.

A slanting position in which a ship is placed, that the keel may be repaired; the place where this is done. noun

The submerged figure or body which is cut off from a floating vessel by the plane of the surface of the water; the submerged portion of a floating vessel: a figure bounded by the plane of the surface of the water and the wetted surface of a floating body. noun

A careening or lurching motion or movement; a lurch. noun

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. transitive verb

To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. intransitive verb

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. verb

The position of a ship laid on one side.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Careen

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The word "careen" in example sentences

Users of this expression may be surprised to discover that the original meaning of to careen is to turn a vessel over on its side [...] ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given that what people mean when they say careen is defined precisely by career, it seems clear when people say careen they mean career. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You therefore conclude that careen is not a mis-pronunciation of career. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In American English, careen is certainly a Lost Cause, since its use in this erroneous sense is recognised in dictionaries, but for British English it may not be too late to rescue it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The implication of rapidity that most often accompanies the use of careen as a verb of motion may have arisen naturally through the extension of the nautical sense of the verb to apply to the motion of automobiles, which generally careen, that is, lurch or tip over, only when driven at high speed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If, like Helen Hawkins, you don't know the meaning of the verb 'careen', you'd be wise not to use it while insulting someone else's 'fine writing'. ❋ TEV (2008)

Members of Congress careen from vacations to fundraisers to supercommittees assigned to do what politicians were elected to do, but fail to. ❋ Brent Budowsky (2011)

They careen through our lives knocking things over, chewing things up and creating unpleasant smells, trails of mud and a level of confusion unknown to canine-free environments. ❋ Dr. Peggy Drexler (2011)

Come to think of it, my sister Heidi and I, pint-sized Thelma and Louises at the age of thirteen and nine, used to careen across the dusty desert floor, tumbleweeds spinning in our wake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Watching the Obama administration is like watching crash test dummies repeatedly careen into the same wall as they side with industry - and against the public interest - on nearly every issue." ❋ Rick Carnes (2010)

In the French Concession, the city's most popular residential district, bicycles and scooters careen through the winding tree-canopied streets, holding such new buzz boites as Dr. Wine and The Apartment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A Nissan Sentra headed east on Hillside Terrace struck the back of the SUV in the intersection, causing the SUV to flip and careen before crashing into a parked car. ❋ Pervaiz Shallwani (2011)

America's Internet could careen away from the principles of freedom and openness it embodies -- and towards the likes of China's, with the government and corporations blocking Americans' access to large swaths of the web. ❋ Tiffiniy Cheng (2011)

Unsure if they're on "a gloomy holiday or a rowdy pilgrimage," they drink beer and careen about the bleak landscapes of the former Somme and Ypres battlefields in a muddy rental car they dub "the tank," at one point narrowly escaping death by collision with a French truck driver. ❋ Joanna Scutts (2011)

After these first phases are easily plotted out, this is the point where novels can careen out of control in the dreaded middle arc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Slowly I stand and stretch every limb, feeling power careen through me as I look around at the damage I have done. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although his eyes were tightly shut, images continued to careen through his mind in millisecond intervals, causing his lids to flutter. ❋ L. A. Banks (2011)

Having dispatched “career” vs. “careen”, how about “hardy” vs. “hearty”? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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