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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Careen

/kẽr-ēn'/ · Ca·reen · IPA /kəˈɹiːn/
01 v. t. To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the w…
imp. & p. p. Careened; p. pr. & vb. n. Careening
  1. 1.
    To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.(Naut.)
02 v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
  1. 1.
    To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.