4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Capsized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Capsizing}.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.] To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. [1913 Webster] But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Capsize \Cap"size`\, n. An upset or overturn. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: capsize v : overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: {turtle}, {turn turtle}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 55 Moby Thesaurus words for "capsize": be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list, lurch, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, pitchpole, scuttle, sink, somersault, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stumble, subvert, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, tilt, tip over, topple, topple down, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, totter, trip, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, upset, upset the boat, upturn
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