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| career girl
| career man
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careen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun careen has 1 sense
- careen(n = noun.act) rock, sway, tilt - pitching dangerously to one side; Array is a kind of lurch, pitch, pitching
Derived forms verb careen2, verb careen1
Verb careen has 2 senses
- careen(v = verb.motion) keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag - walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" is one way to walk
- careen(v = verb.motion) shift, tilt, wobble - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" is one way to move
Derived form noun careen1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun careen1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
careen, v. t. [OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.].
To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel. [1913 Webster]
careen, v. i.
To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
careen, v.
1 tr. turn (a ship) on one side for cleaning, caulking, or repair.
2 a intr. tilt; lean over. b tr. cause to do this.
3 intr. US swerve about; career.
1 tr. turn (a ship) on one side for cleaning, caulking, or repair.
2 a intr. tilt; lean over. b tr. cause to do this.
3 intr. US swerve about; career.
Usage
Sense 3 is infl. by career (v.).
Derivative
careenage n.
Etymology
earlier as noun, = careened position of ship, f. F car{egrave}ne f. It. carena f. L carina keel
THESAURUS
careen
ascend, bank, blunder, bob, bobble, cant, capsize, career, climb, coggle, come a cropper, culbuter, dangle, decline, descend, dip, drop, fall, fall away, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall off, fall over, fall prostrate, falter, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, get a cropper, go downhill, go uphill, grade, heel, incline, keel, keel over, labor, lay down, lean, librate, lie along, list, lurch, nutate, oscillate, overset, overthrow, overturn, pendulate, pitch, pitch and plunge, plunge, rake, reel, resonate, retreat, rise, rock, roll, seethe, shake, shelve, sidle, slant, slope, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, struggle, stumble, subvert, swag, sway, swerve, swing, swinging, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, thrash about, tilt, tip, tip over, topple, topple down, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, trip, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, uprise, upset, upturn, vacillate, veer, vibrate, volutation, wag, waggle, wallop, wallow, wave, waver, weave, welter, wobbleROGET THESAURUS
careen
Restoration
VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.
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