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CAPSIZING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capsizing mean? 

CAPSIZING (noun)
  The noun CAPSIZING has 1 sense:

1. (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the waterplay

  Familiarity information: CAPSIZING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPSIZING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("capsizing" is a kind of...):

shipwreck; wreck (an accident that destroys a ship at sea)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)


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