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1. (n.) keel
a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a ship's hull extending from the stem to the sternpost.
2. keel
a ship; boat.
3. keel
a part corresponding to a ship's keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible balloon.
4. keel
(cap.) the constellation Carina.
5. (v.i.) keel
to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
6. keel
keel over,
7. keel
to capsize or overturn.
8. keel
to fall in or as if in a faint.
9. (Brit. Dial.) keel
a flat-bottomed barge, used to carry coal.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME kele < MD kiel ship; c. OE cēol ship, OS kiol)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) keel
a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
2. (noun) keel
the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
3. (verb) keel
one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
4. (verb) stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
walk as if unable to control one's movements
"The drunken man staggered into the room"
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1. (noun) keel
a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat
2. (noun) keel
a longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson
3. (noun) keel
fig.: The whole ship
4. (noun) keel
a barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt
5. (noun) keel
the two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina
6. (noun) keel
a projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface
7. keel
to cool; to skim or stir
8. (verb) keel
to traverse with a keel; to navigate
9. (verb) keel
to turn up the keel; to show the bottom
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Sense: the long supporting piece of a ship's frame that lies lengthwise along the bottom
The boat's keel stuck in the mud near the shore.
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 Afrikaans: kiel |
 Arabic: عارِضَه رئيسيَّه |
 Bulgarian: кил |
 Brazilian: quilha |
 Czech: lodní kýl |
 German: der Kiel |
 Danish: køl |
 Greek: καρίνα |
 Spanish: quilla |
 Estonian: (laeva)kiil |
 Farsi: تیر ته کشتی یا قایق |
 Finnish: köli |
 French: quille |
 Hebrew: שִדרִית הַספִינָה |
 Hindi: नौतल |
 Croatian: kobilica broda |
 Hungarian: (hajó)gerinc, tőkesúly |
 Indonesian: lunas |
 Icelandic: kjölur |
 Italian: chiglia |
 Japanese: 竜骨 |
 Korean: 용골 |
 Lithuanian: kilis |
 Latvian: (kuģa) ķīlis |
 Malay: lunas |
 Dutch: kiel |
 Norwegian: kjøl |
 Polish: kil |
 Persian: تیريا ته کشتی یا قایق |
 Pashto: دبيړۍ ځيرناك يافريم، هغه |
 Portuguese: quilha |
 Romanian: chilă |
 Russian: киль |
 Slovak: kýl |
 Slovenian: ladijski gredelj |
 Serbian: kobilica broda |
 Swedish: köl |
 Thai: กระดูกงู (เรือ) |
 Turkish: omurga, gemi omurgası |
 Taiwanese: (船的)龍骨 |
 Ukrainian: кіль |
 Urdu: جہاز یا ہوائی جہاز کے پین |
 Vietnamese: sống tàu |
 Chinese: （船的）龙骨，平底船 |
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