careen

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

The position of a ship laid on one side.

Synonyms

tilt

lurch

list

slant

heel

sway

reel

incline

keel

stagger

swag

cant

tip

wobble

bank

🏦

decline

lean

slope

bend

teeter

flounder

pitch

totter

inclination

vacillate

recline

waver

rock

🪨

shift

acclivity

sink

stumble

swing

tend

tendency

tergiversate

tipping

trend

verge

wane

be disposed to

incline toward

trend toward

be prone to

heed over

shillyshally

appreciate

bent

bias

camber

Translations

caréner

sich neigen

carenare

adernar

تهاوى

trontollar

مال

inclinar-se

ترنح

titubar

Kiel

kielholen

neigen

schief sein

escorar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹiːn/

Etymology

First attested in the late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Italian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.