capsize

4 definitions found

capsize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch,
     capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr.
     L. caput head.]
     To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
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           But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron.
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  Capsize \Cap"size`\, n.
     An upset or overturn.
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capsize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  capsize
      v 1: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will
           capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]

capsize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "capsize":
     be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down,
     fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder,
     founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list,
     lurch, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, pitchpole, scuttle,
     sink, somersault, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stumble, subvert,
     take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall,
     take a spill, tilt, tip over, topple, topple down, topple over,
     topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, totter, trip, tumble,
     turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle,
     turn upside down, upset, upset the boat, upturn