Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Etymology tree Latin carīna Italian carenabor. French carènebor. English careen First attested in the late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Italian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.
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Etymology tree Latin carīna Italian carenabor. French carènebor. English careen First attested in the late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Italian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.
However, to avoid ſome inconveniencies relating to port duties, which would have been demanded in the port of Canton, and could not, in honour to the British flag, be complied with by us, he adviſed Mr Anſon to put into the harbour of Typa, about ſix miles from Macao, where he might careen his ſhip without diſturbance ; and actually ſent us a pilot to conduct us ſafe to the intended birth.1749 July, “Anſon's voyage of the world”, in The Scots Magazine, volume xi, pages 333-334:
They were not motionless, but swayed to and fro above her head, thronging out of one sky-light into another, as if the universe and not the air-ship was careening.1909, E. M. Forster, “Chapter I”, in The Machine Stops:
He tries for a lot of things, careening wildly from earnest romance to feel-good comedy to hackneyed suspense, all the while leaving it up to the audience to suss out the moral complexity and existential terror underneath the glossy surface.2016 December 20, Katie Rife, “Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2018:
The tragedy is immediate, real, epic and unfolding before our eyes. But it isn’t new. It is the wreckage of a train that has been careening down the track for years.2020 April 3, Arundhati Roy, “The pandemic is a portal”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC:
Argentina may be an unlikely place for a billionaire looking for stability. The country has careened through nearly a century of instability, marred by military coups and spectacular financial collapses epitomized by triple-digit inflation.2026 May 28, Emma Bubola, Ryan Mac, “Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End of the World”, in The New York Times:
The car in which I had taken Olivia to dinner and then out to the cemetery — a historic vehicle, even a monument of sorts, in the history of fellatio's advent onto the Winesburg campus in the second half of the twentieth century — went careening off to the side and turned end-over-end down Lower Main until it exploded in flames...2008, Philip Roth, Indignation:
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| careening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
ca donar carena (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · pt querenar (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · cs řítit se (to move rapidly straight ahead) · ru накрени́ться (to tilt on one side) · es carenar (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · uk перехилятися (to tilt on one side) · cs hnát se (to move rapidly straight ahead) · cs naklonit (to tilt on one side) · ru шата́ться (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · bg наклонявам (to tilt on one side) · ru крени́ться (to tilt on one side) · pl przechylać (się) (to tilt on one side) · it carenare (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · he הִטָּה (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · es ir a toda velocidad (to move rapidly straight ahead) · no krenge (to tilt on one side) · pl wahnąć (się) (to tilt or lean while in motion) · fi kallistaa (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · pl wahać (się) (to tilt or lean while in motion) · pl przechylić (się) (to tilt on one side) · fr battre ou mettre en carène (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · de schlingern (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · uk хитатися (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · fi kallistua (to tilt on one side) · uk кренгувати (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · ca carenar (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · no skrense (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · cs řítit se (to move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way) · pl huśtać (się) (to tilt or lean while in motion) · uk кренитися (to tilt on one side) · fr se coucher (to tilt on one side) · sv kränga (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · bg накренявам (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · ru шатну́ться (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · cs naklonit (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · ru кренгова́ть (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · pl kołysać (się) (to tilt or lean while in motion) · sv kölhala (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · sv kränga (to tilt or lean while in motion) · es querenar (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · de krängen (to tilt on one side) · sv kränga (to tilt on one side) · uk кілювати (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · fi heilua (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · cs uhánět (to move rapidly straight ahead) · pt carenar (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · ru килева́ть (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · no slingre (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · no kjølhale (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · fi horjua (to sway violently from side to side or lurch) · de kielholen (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other) · no skjene (to tilt or lean while in motion) · cs pádit (to move rapidly straight ahead) · fr caréner (to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other)