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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: keel over vb (adverb)- to turn upside down; capsize
- (intransitive) informal to collapse suddenly
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024keel1 /kil/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Nautical, Naval Termsthe base at the bottom of the hull of a boat, usually a long metal or wooden bar, that extends from the back to the front and from which the sides are built.
v. - keel over, [no object]
- to capsize or overturn:The boat keeled over in the hurricane.
- to fall in or as if in a faint:to keel over from the heat.
Idioms- Idioms on an even keel, in a steady or stable state:to keep things on an even keel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024keel1 (kēl),USA pronunciation n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- [Literary.]a ship or boat.
- a part corresponding to a ship's keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible balloon.
- Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Carina.
- Botany, Zoologya longitudinal ridge, as on a leaf or bone;
a carina. - ArchitectureAlso called brace molding. a projecting molding the profile of which consists of two ogees symmetrically disposed about an arris or fillet.
- Idioms on an even keel, in a state of balance;
steady; steadily:The affairs of state are seldom on an even keel for long. v.t., v.i. - to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
- keel over:
- to capsize or overturn.
- to fall as in a faint:Several cadets keeled over from the heat during the parade.
- Old Norse kjǫlr; cognate with Old English cēol keel, ship; see keel2
- 1325–75; 1895–1900 for def. 9; Middle English kele
keeled, adj. keel2 (kēl),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]- British Terms, Naval Termskeelboat.
- British Termsa keelboat load of coal;
the amount of coal carried by one keelboat. - British Terms, Weights and Measuresa measure of coal equivalent to 21 long tons and 4 hundredweight (21.5 metric tons).
- Middle Dutch kiel ship; cognate with Old English cēol ship, German kiel ship (obsolete), keel1
- late Middle English kele 1375–1425
keel3 (kēl),USA pronunciation v.t. [Brit. Dial.]- British Termsto cool, esp. by stirring.
- bef. 900; Middle English kelen, Old English cēlan to be cool; akin to cool
keel4 (kēl),USA pronunciation n. - a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.;
ruddle.
- English)
- 1475–85; earlier keyle (north and Scots dialect, dialectal); compare Scots Gaelic cìl (itself perh.
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