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• keel over — keel o ver, v. i. To drop down in a faint, or as if dead; to die. [Colloq.] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• keel over — verb turn over and fall (Freq. 1) the man had a heart attack and keeled over • Hypernyms: ↑tumble, ↑topple • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

• keel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. turn (over), keel over, fall down, drop like a log. See obliquity, inversion. n. bar or false keel; centerboard. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. board, bottom timber, keelson; see base 3 , bottom 1 …   English dictionary for students

• Keel Mountain — is a mesa in Madison and Jackson Counties in Alabama. It is associated with the Cumberland Plateau, from which it is separated by the valley of the Paint Rock River.Legend of Lost Gold of Keel MountainKeel Mountain has a legend stretching all the …   Wikipedia

• keel — keel1 [kēl] n. [ME kele < ON kjǫlr < Gmc * kelu < IE base * gel , to swallow > L gula, throat] 1. the chief timber or steel piece extending along the entire length of the bottom of a boat or ship and supporting the frame: it sometimes …   English World dictionary

• keel over — {v.} 1. To turn upside down; tip over; overturn. Usually refers to a boat. * /The strong wind made the sailboat keel over and the passengers fell into the water./ 2. {informal} To fall over in a faint; taint. * /It was so hot during the assembly… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keel over — {v.} 1. To turn upside down; tip over; overturn. Usually refers to a boat. * /The strong wind made the sailboat keel over and the passengers fell into the water./ 2. {informal} To fall over in a faint; taint. * /It was so hot during the assembly… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keel — ► NOUN ▪ a lengthwise structure along the base of a ship, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability. ► VERB (keel over) 1) (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize. 2) informal fall over; collapse. ORIGIN Old… …   English terms dictionary

• Keel — Keel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Keeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeling}.] 1. To traverse with a keel; to navigate. [1913 Webster] 2. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom. [1913 Webster] {To keel over}, to upset; to capsize. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• keel over — [v] fall, faint black out, capsize, collapse, drop, founder, go down, overturn, pass out, pitch, plunge, slump, swoon, topple, tumble, upset; concepts 152,181 Ant. stand, straighten …   New thesaurus

• keel — keel1 keeled, adj. /keel/, n. 1. Naut. a central fore and aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from… …   Universalium