capsize
verb /kæpˈsaɪz/
/ˈkæpsaɪz/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they capsize | /kæpˈsaɪz/ /ˈkæpsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it capsizes | /kæpˈsaɪzɪz/ /ˈkæpsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple capsized | /kæpˈsaɪzd/ /ˈkæpsaɪzd/ |
| past participle capsized | /kæpˈsaɪzd/ /ˈkæpsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form capsizing | /kæpˈsaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈkæpsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- capsize (something) if a boat capsizes or something capsizes it, it turns over in the water
- The boat capsized and sank.
- Wind pressure on the huge rotors could capsize the ship.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCapsize is used with these nouns as the subject:- boat
- raft
- ship
- …
Word Originlate 18th cent.: perhaps based on Spanish capuzar ‘sink (a ship) by the head’, from cabo ‘head’ + chapuzar ‘to dive or duck’.