Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To overturn or cause to overturn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See the extract.
- 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.
- noun An upset; an overturn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An upset or overturn.
- verb To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, nautical To
overturn . - verb transitive, nautical To cause (a
ship ) tooverturn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb overturn accidentally
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term "capsize" only means that the ship has turned over from its normal upright position.
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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.
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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."
Newsnet 14 Shera Crossan 2010
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Hank Johnson a marine build-up could "capsize" the island of Guam.
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Hank Johnson a marine build-up could "capsize" the island of Guam.
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Congressman Johnson seen here speaking about his fears Guam could 'capsize'
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Congressman Johnson seen here speaking about his fears Guam could 'capsize'
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Hank Johnson a marine build-up could "capsize" the island of Guam.
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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.
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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.
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