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Word: careen (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Verb:

  • nautical 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 To tilt on one side.
  • To career. from at least early 20th c.
  • To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
  • To tilt or lean while in motion. from late 19th c.

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