chavirer — meaning in English

English meaning

• capsize verb To turn over or roll over in the water, or to cause a boat to do so.

Senses

chavirer is used for these senses in English:

• capsize (transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.
• keel over (intransitive, nautical, also, _, figuratively) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle.

Related French words