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keel

verb

□ keel over

1 it's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over:

capsize, turn turtle, turn upside down, turn topsy-turvy, founder, list, heel over, lean over;

overbalance, topple over, overturn, turn over, tip over, fall over;

Scottish, & Northern Irish cowp.

2 the slightest activity made him keel over:

collapse, faint, fall down in a faint, pass out, black out, lose consciousness;

literary swoon.

noun

she sat on the upturned keel of the boat:

base, bottom, bottom side, underside.

keel (1) Oxford Dictionary of English