careen
Significado (Inglés)
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- 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.
- To tilt on one side.
- To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
- To tilt or lean while in motion.
- To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
- To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
Sinónimos
be disposed to
incline toward
trend toward
be prone to
heed over
shillyshally
cant over
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/kəˈɹiːn/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
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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