careen

Betekenis (English)

1. 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.
2. To tilt on one side.
3. To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
4. To tilt or lean while in motion.
5. To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
6. To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

be disposed to

incline toward

trend toward

be prone to

heed over

shillyshally

cant over

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kəˈɹiːn/

Late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Genoese Ligurian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.

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