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Rarecareens
The correct spelling is careens.
How to pronounce careens
verb
Say it like: Car-een-s
The correct spelling is careens. 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.
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Definition
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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