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[syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr.
& vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch,
capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr.
L. caput head.]
To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
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But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Capsize \Cap"size`\, n.
An upset or overturn.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
capsize
v 1: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will
capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "capsize":
be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down,
fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder,
founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list,
lurch, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, pitchpole, scuttle,
sink, somersault, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stumble, subvert,
take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall,
take a spill, tilt, tip over, topple, topple down, topple over,
topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, totter, trip, tumble,
turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle,
turn upside down, upset, upset the boat, upturn