The meaning of Keel

Keel – definition

noun
The lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.
Usage examples:
Support the keel with timber blocking to take most of the weight of the hull.
Synonims:
Base Bottom Bottom side Underside
noun
A ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the carina.
Usage examples:
The sternum, or breastbone, bears a prominent keel where the flight muscles attach.
noun
A prow-shaped pair of petals present in flowers of the pea family.
Usage examples:
Within-flower transfer of pollen from anthers to stigma was achieved by depressing the keel petal o…

verb
(of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize.
Usage examples:
It's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over
Synonims:
Capsize Turn turtle Turn upside down Turn topsy-turvy Founder List Heel over Lean over Overbalance Topple over Overturn Turn over Tip over Fall over Cowp

noun
A flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the tyne and wear rivers for loading ships carrying coal.
Usage examples:
The original tyne keel was clinker-built but later types were of carvel build.

verb
One of the main longitudinal beams of the hull of a vessel

Keel translation into English

Keel: translate from English into Chinese

龙骨, 镇

Keel: translate from English into Dutch

Kiel, Kantelen, Praam, Kolenschuit

Keel: translate from English into French

Quille, Navire

Keel: translate from English into German

Kiel, Schiffchen

Keel: translate from English into Hindi

उलटना, उलटा हुआ, नौतल, तली, पोत, उलट जाना, उथलना-पुथलना, निधरण, तख्ती

Keel: translate from English into Italian

Chiglia, Carena, Deriva, Chiatta, Capovolgere

Keel: translate from English into Korean

용골, 배, 뒤집어 엎다, 용골 별자리, 배를 뒤집어엎다, 넘어뜨리다, 사람 등을 넘어뜨리다, 뒤집히다, 배가 뒤집히다

Keel: translate from English into Russian

Киль, Килевой, Корабль, Грудная кость, Килевать, Мера веса для угля

Keel: translate from English into Spanish

Quilla, Dar la quilla

Word origin

Middle English: from Middle Low German kēl, Middle Dutch kiel ‘ship, boat’.

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Keel synonims

base

noun
The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.
Usage examples:
She sat down at the base of a tree

verb
Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.
Usage examples:
The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective
Without moral principles; ignoble.
Usage examples:
The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

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bottom

noun
The lowest point or part of something.
Usage examples:
The bottom of the page

adjective
In the lowest position.
Usage examples:
The books on the bottom shelf

verb
Denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of - 1/3. bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass.

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capsize

verb
(of a boat) be overturned in the water.
Usage examples:
The craft capsized in heavy seas

noun
An instance of capsizing.
Usage examples:
Do you know what to do in the event of a capsize?

verb
To turn over or cause a boat or ship to turn over in the water
Usage examples:
[ i ] a passenger ferry capsized in rough seas sunday morning.

All meanings and translations of Capsize

founder

noun
A person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry.
Usage examples:
An iron founder

noun
A person who establishes an institution or settlement.
Usage examples:
He was the founder of modern costa rica

verb
(of a ship) fill with water and sink.
Usage examples:
Six drowned when the yacht foundered off the cornish coast

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list

noun
A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.
Usage examples:
Consult the list of drugs on page 326

verb
Make a list of.
Usage examples:
I have listed four reasons below

noun
An instance of a ship listing to one side.
Usage examples:
The gallery walls are lined with marine ply, angled to give an echo of the list of a ship under sail.

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overbalance

verb
Fall or cause to fall over from loss of balance.
Usage examples:
He overbalanced and fell against the wall

noun
An excess of weight, value, or amount.
Usage examples:
An overbalance of propriety

verb
To lose balance and therefore fall or nearly fall
Usage examples:
Halfway along the wall he overbalanced and fell.

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overturn

verb
Tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down.
Usage examples:
The crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire

noun
An act of overturning something.
Usage examples:
For the most part the only people who actually bothered to look at the registration rolls and allow…

verb
To turn over, or to cause something to turn over
Usage examples:
[ i ] the truck overturned, spilling its cargo., [ t ] the court of appeals overturned her convicti…

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turn turtle

phrase
(chiefly of a boat) turn upside down.
Usage examples:
The other boat nearly turned turtle several times

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underside

noun
The bottom or lower side or surface of something.
Usage examples:
The butterfly's wings have a mottled brown pattern on the underside

noun
The lower or bottom side of something
Usage examples:
Mites feed on the underside of leaves.

All meanings and translations of Underside

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