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Rarecareen
The correct spelling is careen.
How to pronounce careen
/kəˈɹiːn/
nounIPA: /kəˈɹiːn/
Say it like: Car-een
The correct spelling is careen. The position of a ship laid on one side.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The position of a ship laid on one side.
verb
- 1.To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- 2.To tilt on one side.
- 3.To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
- 4.To tilt or lean while in motion.
- 5.(chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
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