Careen

English Meaning

To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.

1. To lurch or swerve while in motion.
2. To rush headlong or carelessly; career: "He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz” ( Anne Tyler).
3. Nautical To lean to one side, as a ship sailing in the wind.
4. Nautical To turn a ship on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing.
5. Nautical To cause (a ship) to lean to one side; tilt.
6. To lean (a ship) on one side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing.
7. To clean, caulk, or repair (a ship in this position).
8. Nautical The act or process of careening a ship.
9. Nautical The position of a careened ship.