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capsize

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cap·size  (kpsz, kp-sz)
intr. & tr.v. cap·sized, cap·siz·ing, cap·siz·es
To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.

[Origin unknown.]

capsize
Verb
[-sizing, -sized] (of a boat) to overturn accidentally [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.capsizecapsize - overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"
overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"

capsize
Translations
capsize [kæpˈsaɪz] vtvolcar, hacer zozobrar

capsize [kæpˈsaɪz] vtfaire chavirer
vichavirer

capsize [kæpˈsaɪz] vtzum Kentern bringen
vikentern

capsize [kæpˈsaɪz] vtcapovolgere

capsize
v capsize [kӕpˈsaiz]
(of a boat) to overturn, often sinking afterwards. omslaan, omkantel يَنْقَلِبُ (القارِبُ) преобръщам převrhnout (se) kæntre kentern αναποδογυρίζω zozobrar ümber minema واژگون شدن؛ غرق شدن keikahtaa kumoon/nurin chavirer לְהִתהַפֵּך उलट-पुलट जाना prevrnuti se felborul terbalik hvolfa capovolgere, ribaltare 転覆する 전복하다; 전복시키다 ap(si)versti apgāzt (laivu) terbalik kapseizen kantre, kullseile wywracać się virar-se a răsturna опрокидывать(ся) prevrhnúť (sa) prevrniti (se) prevrnuti se kapsejsa คว่ำ devrilmek, alabora olmak (船等)傾覆 перекидати(ся) کشتی کا الٹ کر ڈوب جانا lật úp


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The old man contorted himself aboard, rolling his body across the gunwale so quickly, that, even while it started to capsize, his weight was across the danger-point and counterbalancing the canoe to its proper equilibrium.
Occasionally the projecting out-riggers of their slight shallops running foul of one another, would become entangled beneath the water, threatening to capsize the canoes, when a scene of confusion would ensue that baffles description.
One end was cracked and dented from the capsize of the wagon in Rock Canyon.
 
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