keel

[US]/kiːl/
[UK]/kil/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. fit with a keel; flip over
n. keel; flat-bottomed boat; keelbone
vi. capsize; overturn

Phrases & Collocations

ship's keel

lay the keel

keel over

keelboat

even keel

Example Sentences

The boat keeled over in the strong winds.

The sailboat keeled over in the storm.

The structure had keeled over in the high winds.

She keeled over in a faint.

He keeled over and died.

The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck.

The intense heat keeled him over.

with his out-thrust foot he sent the man keeling over.

Before Keeler it was Paulina,and before that I can't remember.

getting her life back on to an even keel after their break-up had been difficult.

Skeg ready to be trimmed for fitting under upper keel.

Nautical The vertical planking between the keel of a vessel and the sternpost, serving as a reinforcement.

After all the troubles of the past weeks, life seems to be getting back on an even keel again.

Petals 5, differing slightly in size, imbricate, sometimes unguiculate, free, keel without apical appendages.

18(17) Inflorescence subtended by a broad, 2-keeled prophyll; rachilla internodes usually distinct and disarticulating.

The calf shank includes a downward convexly curved lower end which is secured to the foot keel by way of coupling element (73).

9.Another view of waves in the edges of the Keeler gap in Saturn's A ring, created by the embedded moon Daphnis.

As one can tell from the photos, I made just 6 frames and clamped them together with a keel and keelson and began planking.

Inscriptions shell kind the appropriate such as keel, ostracean, magnet, ormer, mother-of-pearl, tortoise plastron, turtle shell first decoct;

Real-world Examples

They have this streamlined sternum with lower sternal keels.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American February 2022 Collection

She keeled over sideways and lay there unconscious.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Mood stabilizers give the sufferer a more even keel to their life.

Source: Psychology Mini Class

First, they made a keel, in two parts; then they made the ribs.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

At the core of the Syracusia story is a keel, or korone in Greek.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 4

No, I am not on even keel.

Source: Maritime English listening

So why were they the ones keeling over?

Source: Scishow Selected Series

I will be on even keel within 30 minutes.

Source: Maritime English listening

Some one take me up, and launch me, spinewise, on the sea, —for by live-oaks! my spine's a keel.

Source: Moby-Dick

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