drop keel
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drop keel — noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward • Syn: ↑centerboard, ↑centreboard, ↑sliding keel • Hypernyms: ↑fin keel • Hyponyms: ↑daggerboard … Useful english dictionary
keel — keel1 keeled, adj. /keel/, n. 1. Naut. a central fore and aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from… … Universalium
drop — [n1] globule bead, bit, bubble, crumb, dab, dash, dewdrop, driblet, drip, droplet, iota, molecule, morsel, nip, ounce, particle, pearl, pinch, sip, smidgen, speck, splash, spot, taste, tear, teardrop, trace, trickle; concepts 467,468 drop [n2]… … New thesaurus
keel over — keel o ver, v. i. To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die. [Colloq.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
keel over — [v] fall, faint black out, capsize, collapse, drop, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset; concepts 152,181 Ant. stand, straighten … New thesaurus
drop — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abate, abdicate, abeyance, abjure, ablate, acknowledge defeat, act drop, advantage, asbestos, asbestos board, ascend, ax, backdrop, backslide, balm, balsam, bank, bate, batten, be bereaved of, be confined, be… … Moby Thesaurus
drop — 1. verb 1) Eric dropped the box Syn: let fall, let go of, lose one s grip on; release, unhand, relinquish Ant: lift, hold on to 2) water drops from the cave roof Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
keel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. turn (over), keel over, fall down, drop like a log. See obliquity, inversion. n. bar or false keel; centerboard. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. board, bottom timber, keelson; see base 3 , bottom 1 … English dictionary for students
drop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. let fall; give up, abandon; fall, plunge; faint, collapse; cease, terminate, end; drip; dismiss, let go. See descent, relinquishment, impotence. n. globule, bead; minim; bit, mite; descent. See… … English dictionary for students
keel — Synonyms and related words: argosy, ascend, bank, bark, base, baseboard, basement, be lost, boat, bottom, bucket, cant, capsize, careen, chassis, climb, craft, dado, decline, descend, dip, drop, fall, fall away, fall off, foot, footing,… … Moby Thesaurus
