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 Definitions of keel  [kil]  

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Definition of 'keel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'keel' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'keel' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'keel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kiel Arabic flag Arabic: عارِضَه رئيسيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кил
Brazilian flag Brazilian: quilha Czech flag Czech: lodní kýl German flag German: der Kiel
Danish flag Danish: køl Greek flag Greek: καρίνα Spanish flag Spanish: quilla
Estonian flag Estonian: (laeva)kiil Farsi flag Farsi: تیر ته کشتی یا قایق Finnish flag Finnish: köli
French flag French: quille Hebrew flag Hebrew: שִדרִית הַספִינָה Hindi flag Hindi: नौतल
Croatian flag Croatian: kobilica broda Hungarian flag Hungarian: (hajó)gerinc, tőkesúly Indonesian flag Indonesian: lunas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kjölur Italian flag Italian: chiglia Japanese flag Japanese: 竜骨
Korean flag Korean: 용골 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kilis Latvian flag Latvian: (kuģa) ķīlis
Malay flag Malay: lunas Dutch flag Dutch: kiel Norwegian flag Norwegian: kjøl
Polish flag Polish: kil Persian flag Persian: تیريا ته کشتی یا قایق Pashto flag Pashto: دبيړۍ ځيرناك يافريم، هغه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: quilha Romanian flag Romanian: chilă Russian flag Russian: киль
Slovak flag Slovak: kýl Slovenian flag Slovenian: ladijski gredelj Serbian flag Serbian: kobilica broda
Swedish flag Swedish: köl Thai flag Thai: กระดูกงู (เรือ) Turkish flag Turkish: omurga, gemi omurgası
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (船的)龍骨 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кіль Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز یا ہوائی جہاز کے پین
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sống tàu Chinese flag Chinese: (船的)龙骨,平底船

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