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单词 heel over
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heel over

phrasal verb
When something heels over, it leans over very far as if it is about to fall over.
The little sailing-boat moved briskly along, heeling over under a nice breeze. [VERB PARTICLE]
More Synonyms of heel over
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Examples of 'heel over' in a sentence
heel over

The upper deck was not blown up, and only one other small explosion occurred as we heeled over.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

Synonyms of 'heel over'

lean over, list, incline, tilt
More Synonyms of heel over
(verb) 
The sailing-boat moved on, heeling over under a nice breeze.
Synonyms
lean over
list
The ship listed again, and she was thrown back across the bunk.
incline
tilt
The boat instantly tilted, filled and sank.
cant
The helicopter canted inward towards the landing area.
keel over
The vessel keeled over towards the murky water.
careen

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cant
Definition
to tilt or overturn
The helicopter canted inward towards the landing area.
Synonyms
tilt,
angle,
slope,
incline,
slant,
bevel,
rise
in the sense of incline
Definition
to veer from a vertical or horizontal plane
Synonyms
slope,
tend,
tip,
bend,
lean,
heel,
tilt,
slant,
veer,
diverge,
deviate,
cant,
bevel
in the sense of keel over
Definition
(of an object) to turn upside down
The vessel keeled over towards the murky water.
Synonyms
capsize,
list,
upset,
founder,
overturn,
turn over,
lean over,
tip over,
topple over,
turn turtle

Nearby words of
heel over

  • heedful
  • heedless
  • heel
  • heel over
  • hefty
  • hegemony
  • height

Synonyms of 'heel over'

heel over

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