ALL meanings of keel
keel
K k - noun keel The longitudinal structure along the centerline at the bottom of a vessel's hull, on which the rest of the hull is built, in some vessels extended downward as a blade or ridge to increase stability. 1
- noun keel boat: structural beam 1
- intransitive verb keel lean precariously 1
- noun keel a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle. 1
- idioms keel on an even keel, in a state of balance; steady; steadily: The affairs of state are seldom on an even keel for long. 1
- verb with object keel to cool, especially by stirring. 1
- verb keel (Intransitive Verb) (followed by "over") to collapse, to fall. 0
- verb keel To traverse with a keel; to navigate. 0
- verb keel To turn up the keel; to show the bottom. 0
- countable noun keel The keel of a boat is the long, specially shaped piece of wood or steel along the bottom of it. 0
- noun keel one of the main longitudinal structural members of a vessel to which the frames are fastened and that may extend into the water to provide lateral stability 0
- noun keel any structure corresponding to or resembling the keel of a ship, such as the central member along the bottom of an aircraft fuselage 0
- noun keel a ridgelike part; carina 0
- verb keel to capsize 0
- noun keel a flat-bottomed vessel, esp one used for carrying coal 0
- noun keel a measure of coal equal to about 21 tons 0
- noun keel red ochre stain used for marking sheep, timber, etc 0
- verb keel to mark with this stain 0
- noun keel a fatal disease of young ducks, characterized by intestinal bleeding caused by Salmonella bacteria 0
- noun keel 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 protrudes beneath the hull 0
- noun keel a ship 0
- noun keel anything resembling a ship's keel 0
- noun keel the assembly of beams, girders, etc. at the bottom of a rigid or semirigid airship to prevent sagging or buckling 0
- noun keel a ridgelike part 0
- verb transitive keel to turn over on its side so as to turn up the keel or bottom 0
- noun keel a flat-bottomed ship; esp., a low, flat-bottomed coal barge or lighter, used on the Tyne 0
- noun keel a barge load of coal 0
- noun keel a British unit of weight for coal, equal to 21.1 long tons 0
- verb transitive keel to cool (a hot liquid) as by stirring 0
- noun keel a red stain used for marking lumber, etc.; ruddle 0
- noun keel (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. 0
- noun keel (nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability. 0
- noun keel (aeronautics) In 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. 0
- noun keel (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat. 0
- noun keel A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement. 0
- noun keel (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge. 0
- noun keel (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. 0
- noun keel A brewer's cooling vat. 0