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keeled

The correct spelling is keeled.

How to pronounce keeled

verb

Say it like: Kee-led

The correct spelling is keeled. To mark with ruddle. For example: "It was a deep-keeled yacht."

Usage Examples

It was a deep-keeled yacht.

Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.

He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To mark with ruddle.
  2. 2.To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  3. 3.To render inoperative.
  4. 4.To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
  5. 5.To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.

adjective

  1. 1.Furnished with a keel, especially a keel of a specified type

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