CAREEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does careen mean? 

• CAREEN (noun)
  The noun CAREEN has 1 sense:

1. pitching dangerously to one side

  Familiarity information: CAREEN used as a noun is very rare.

• CAREEN (verb)
  The verb CAREEN has 2 senses:

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements

2. move sideways or in an unsteady way

  Familiarity information: CAREEN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAREEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pitching dangerously to one side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

careen; rock; sway; tilt

Hypernyms ("careen" is a kind of...):

lurch; pitch; pitching (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance))

Derivation:

careen (move sideways or in an unsteady way)

careen (walk as if unable to control one's movements)

• CAREEN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they careen    ... he / she / it careens   
Past simple: careened   
Past participle: careened   
-ing form: careening   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk as if unable to control one's movements

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

careen; keel; lurch; reel; stagger; swag

Context example:

The drunken man staggered into the room

Hypernyms (to "careen" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

careen (pitching dangerously to one side)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move sideways or in an unsteady way

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

careen; shift; tilt; wobble

Context example:

The ship careened out of control

Hypernyms (to "careen" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

careen (pitching dangerously to one side)

 Context examples 

Sometimes however, the particles escape, careening down into the atmosphere.

(FIREBIRD II and NASA Mission Locate Whistling Space Electrons’ Origins, NASA)

Leastways, if such was your intention as to enter and careen, and there ain't no better place for that in these waters.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The spritsail filled with the wind, suddenly, careening the frail open craft till it seemed it would surely capsize.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A track about one-third of a mile (500 meters) long on Mars shows where an irregularly shaped boulder careened downhill to its current upright position, seen in a July 3, 2014, image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

(Tall boulder rolls down martian hill, lands upright, NASA)

The bay, as he remembered it, was magnificent, with water deep enough to accommodate the largest vessel afloat, and so safe that the South Pacific Directory recommended it to the best careening place for ships for hundreds of miles around.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)