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Word entry · 6 letters

careen

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"Lurch to one side"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /kəˈɹiːn/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aceenrStarts with CEnds with N1 clues
1C2A3R4E5E6N

Definitions

  1. pitching dangerously to one side

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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