Associations to the word «Careen»

Wiktionary

CAREEN, verb. (nautical) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
CAREEN, verb. (nautical) To tilt on one side.
CAREEN, verb. To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
CAREEN, verb. To tilt or lean while in motion. [from late 19th c.]
CAREEN, verb. To career. [from at least early 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

CAREEN, noun. Pitching dangerously to one side.
CAREEN, verb. Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room".
CAREEN, verb. Move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin