capsize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb overturn accidentally
    turtle; turn turtle.
    • Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!

WordNet

Cap*size" transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Capsized present participle & verbal noun Capsizing
Definitions
  1. To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
    But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? Byron.
Cap"size` noun
Definitions
  1. An upset or overturn.

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