Definition of Capsize

Cap`size´
v. t. & i.1.To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
[imp. & p. p. Capsized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.]
But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?
- Byron.
n.1.An upset or overturn.


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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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