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Definition careen

Etymology

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

Verb

careen (third-person singular simple present careens, present participle careening, simple past and past participle careened)

1. (nautical, 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. (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
3. To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
4. To tilt or lean while in motion. [from late 19th c.]
5. (chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly. [from at least early 20th c.]
6. (chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Noun

careen (plural careens)

1. (nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.

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