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Keel

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2.NounA rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3.NounIn a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
4.NounThe rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
5.NounA type of flat-bottomed boat.
6.NounThe periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
7.NounThe two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
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9.VerbTo collapse, to fall.
"He keeled over after having a stroke."
10.VerbTo traverse with a keel; to navigate.
11.VerbTo turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
12.VerbTo cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over.
13.VerbTo moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen.
14.VerbTo become cool; cool down.
15.NounA broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
16.NounRed chalk; ruddle.
17.VerbTo mark with ruddle.
18.VerbPronunciation spelling of kill.
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