Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - careen
Careen
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. Usage Sense 3 is infl. by career (v.). Derivatives careenage n. Etymology: earlier as noun, = careened position of ship, f. F car{egrave}ne f. It. carena f. L carina keel
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I. verb Etymology: from carine side of a ship, from Middle French, submerged part of a hull, from Latin carina hull, half of a nutshell; perhaps akin to Greek karyon nut Date: circa 1583 transitive verb to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull, to cause to heel over, intransitive verb 1. to ~ a boat, to undergo this process, to heel over, to sway from side to side ; lurch , career, II. noun Date: 1712 the act or process of ~ing ; the state of being ~ed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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