krängen — meaning in English

English meaning

• careen verb To tip a ship onto its side so that the underwater part can be cleaned or repaired.
• heel noun The rounded back part of the foot, or the corresponding part of a shoe or sock.
• list noun A series of names, items, or numbers written or said one after another.

Senses

krängen is used for these senses in English:

• careen (nautical, transitive) 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 (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
• heel (chiefly, nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt. [from 16th c.]
• list (transitive, nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side. [from early 17th c.]

careen — full definition

1. verb To tip a ship onto its side so that the underwater part can be cleaned or repaired.
2. verb To lean over to one side.
3. verb To sway or rock about roughly from one side to the other.
4. verb To lean or tilt to one side while moving.

heel — full definition

1. noun The rounded back part of the foot, or the corresponding part of a shoe or sock.
2. noun A contemptible, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
3. noun In professional wrestling, a performer playing the villain role.
4. verb For a boat or ship to tilt or lean over to one side.
5. verb For a dog to walk obediently close beside its owner.

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