Definition of: careen

(kə·rēn′) v. t.
1. To cause to turn over to one side; heel over, as for repairing or cleaning the bottom of: to careen a ship.
2. To clean, repair, or calk (a careened ship.)
—v.i.
3. To heel over, as a vessel in the wind.
4. To clean, repair, or calk a ship when turned on one side.
5. To lurch or twist from side to side: The car careened down the slope.
—noun
1. The act of inclining a ship to one side.
2. The cleaning or repairing of a ship that is turned over.
3. A careening. [<F cariner, caréner <carène keel of a ship <L carina]
—ca·reen′er noun