Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To turn over or upset: as, take care that the boat does not capsize.
- To upset; overturn (a boat or vessel).
- To move (a hogshead or other vessel) forward by turning it alternately on the heads.
- n. An upset; an overturn.
- See the extract.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
- n. An upset or overturn.
WordNet 3.0
- v. overturn accidentally
Etymologies
- Attested since 1788 CE. Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish capuzar ("to sink by the head"). (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The term "capsize" only means that the ship has turned over from its normal upright position.”
“We were careened at a dangerous angle when I awoke and in my reduced condition it was not difficult to imagine that a capsize was to be the result.”
“Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, his bizarre question about the island of Guam possibly tipping over-he used the word "capsize" - if additional troops were stationed there became a It's no April Fools 'Day joke: the 55-year-old congressman and member of the House Democratic leadership told a naval officer who was testifying on March 25 that: "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.”
“Congressman Johnson seen here speaking about his fears Guam could 'capsize”
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“He expressed his fear that the Guam might "capsize" as a result of the United States military's presence on the island.”
“Hank Johnson a marine build-up could "capsize" the island of Guam.”
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“Johnson]] of [[Georgia]], who feared that the relocation of 8,000 Naval personnel to [[Guam]] would "capsize" the island.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘capsize’.
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Loanwords
Since English is littered with loanwords, everything could conceivably end up here. But there is a distinct feeling associated with these.. maybe they're young additions to the English language; I ...
iceberg, fjord, firth, abbey, abyss, anorak, apartheid, assassin, avalanche, avocado, balaclava, banana and 104 more...
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hunting
crudely, unequivocal, obsolete, obscure, overtly, misdeed, shack, inherent, outcry, hefty, composed, poised and 315 more...
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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The "ize" have it
accessorize, finalize, computerize, prioritize, anodize, belizean, bizerte, capsize, citizen, denize, dizen, diazotize and 98 more...
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Romanticism
Words to describe art of the Romantic Era
rebel, rebellious, angst, ambiguous, expression, expressionism, attitude, moody, bruisy, fantasy, dark, brooding and 91 more...
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Schwa-Free
Words of more than one syllable that include no schwas in their pronunciation.
(Note for pedants: some of these words have more than one pronunciation. As long as just one of the possi...decoy, ballet, survey, sashay, argon, lilac, sumac, café, princess, dildo, wordy, flighty and 30 more...
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(more or less) Temporary Urth List
Temporary list is temporary.
Collecting a few words here, which are then to be alloted to other lists.vassal, gnaw, putrescence, liege, pederasty, disseminate, loot, waning, fitful, hiatuse, plow, pious and 292 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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NeoVolt's Words
schadenfreude, serendipity, idiosyncrasy, loess, caducous, vagary, schematic, steeple, licentious, tangential, verisimilitude, vernacular and 385 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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Prosie: The Launch of the Mauretania ...
by John Maxtone-Graham. Tons of interesting-sounding words, half of which I cannot comprehend on their own, but which together conjure an unmistakable image of naval architecture and shipyard activ...
keel, hull, admiralty, moulding loft, frame-bender, berth, stern, shell plating, tons, mill, fitted, rivet marks and 132 more...
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jgs's Words
liminal, luminescence, trajectory, simulacrum, thundersnow, trappings, rigour, temporality, mammalian, diffuse, tearing, flail and 83 more...
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Poetrie: Appeal to the Grammarians
Oh yes. Yes indeed.
Appeal to the Grammarians
by Paul Violi
We, the naturally hopeful,
Need a simple sign
For the myriad ways we're capsized.
We wh...sneeze, veer, cannoli, espresso, odyssey, outset, pocket, underfoot, dumb, limp, inverted, incredulity and 10 more...
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Guru
capsize, nostalgia, annex, carnage, slander, anecdote, dicey, bummer, systemic, fringe, agnostic, surreal and 2 more...
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sahaana' s spelling bee
nsf list
abate, abdomen, abide, aromatic, atmospheric, bazooka, belief, bond, capsize, census, climatologist, compromise and 5 more...
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