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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
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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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