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cap·size
(kăp′sīz′, kăp-sīz′)intr. & tr.v. cap·sized, cap·siz·ing, cap·siz·es
To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.
[Perhaps from Spanish capuzar, to load a ship so that its bow sinks (perhaps alteration of chapuzar, to duck, push underwater, from Vulgar Latin *subputeāre : Latin sub-, sub- + puteus, well; see pit1), or from Spanish cabezar, to pitch (from cabeza, head, from Vulgar Latin *capitia, from Latin caput, capit-; see cape2).]
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capsize
(kæpˈsaɪz)vb
to overturn accidentally; upset
[C18: of uncertain origin]
capˈsizal n
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cap•size
(ˈkæp saɪz, kæpˈsaɪz)v.i., v.t. -sized, -siz•ing.
to turn bottom up; overturn.
[1780–90; obscurely akin to Occitan ca(p)vira (> French chavirer) to turn upside down]
cap′siz•a•ble, adj.
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capsize
Past participle: capsized
Gerund: capsizing
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| Verb | 1. |  capsize - overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" |
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capsize
verb overturn, turn over, invert, tip over, keel over, turn turtle, upset The sea got very rough and the boat capsized.
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Translations
převrhnout
få til at kæntrekæntre
kaatua
prevrnuti se
hvolfa
転覆する
뒤집히다
apsiverstiapversti
apgāzt
prevrniti se
kapsejsa
คว่ำ
alabora olmakdevrilmek
lật úp
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capsize
[kæpˈsaɪz]1. vt → ribaltare, capovolgere
2. vi → ribaltarsi, capovolgersi; (boat) → ribaltarsi, scuffiare
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capsize
(kӕpˈsaiz) verb (of a boat) to overturn, often sinking afterwards.
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capsize
→ يَنْقَلِبُ převrhnout (se) få til at kæntre kentern αναποδογυρίζω volcar, volcarse kaatua chavirer prevrnuti se capovolgersi 転覆する 뒤집히다 kapseizen kantre wywrócić virar de cabeça para baixo опрокидывать(ся) kapsejsa คว่ำ alabora olmak lật úp 倾覆Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009