keel
verb/kiːl/
/kiːl/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they keel | /kiːl/ /kiːl/ |
| he / she / it keels | /kiːlz/ /kiːlz/ |
| past simple keeled | /kiːld/ /kiːld/ |
| past participle keeled | /kiːld/ /kiːld/ |
| -ing form keeling | /ˈkiːlɪŋ/ /ˈkiːlɪŋ/ |
- keel (something) (over) (of a ship or boat) to fall over to one side; to make something fall over to one side synonym capsizeWord OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse kjǫlr, of Germanic origin.
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