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(kæpsaɪz, US kæpsaɪz)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense capsizes, present participle capsizing, past tense, past participle capsized
verb
If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
The sea got very rough and the boat capsized. [VERB]
I didn't count on his capsizing the raft. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: overturn, turn over, invert, tip over More Synonyms of capsize

capsize in British English

(kæpˈsaɪz)
verb
to overturn accidentally; upset
Derived forms
capsizal (capˈsizal)
noun
Word origin
C18: of uncertain origin

capsize in American English

(ˈkæpˌsaɪz; kæpˈsaɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcapˌsized or ˈcapˌsizing
to overturn or upset
said esp. of a boat
SIMILAR WORDS:  upˈset
Word origin
18th-c. naut. slang; ? altered (infl. by dial. cap, to overtop + side) < Sp cabezar, lit., to sink by the head (< cabo, cabeza, head)

Examples of 'capsize' in a sentence
capsize

They lost their rations and GPS tracker when their boats capsized.
The Sun (2016)
They play passengers trying to survive inside a capsized luxury liner.
The Sun (2009)
The worst moment was when they capsized in enormous seas.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The vessel capsized after half an hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some have died when their boats capsized.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The trio had been missing for three days after their small rowing boat capsized in rough seas.
The Sun (2016)
Italian rescuers said dozens more migrants were missing after another boat capsized yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An earlier boat capsized and he had swum for his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The ship was leaning over towards them and they knew that if it capsized their raft would be crushed.
Claudia Hammond EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005)
The lawsuit says that he was thrown about like he was inside a washing machine as the vessel capsized.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The survivor confirmed accounts that the boat capsized when passengers moved to one side on seeing the first rescue vessel.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The capsized liner was dragged upright in a daring operation last September.
The Sun (2014)
For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hopes of finding them alive were dashed on Friday when the capsized vessel was found with its life raft on board.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
SIX men trying to row across the Atlantic were rescued yesterday after their tiny boat capsized in heavy seas.
The Sun (2012)
But 170 miles off the coast of Ireland it almost capsized in poor weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They were on board a ship that capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they triedto get to Italy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A MAN and a schoolgirl were flown to hospital yesterday after their kayak capsized in the sea.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
capsize

British English: capsize /kæpˈsaɪz/ VERB
If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
The sea got very rough and the boat capsized.
  • American English: capsize
  • Arabic: يَنْقَلِبُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: virar de cabeça para baixo barco
  • Chinese: 倾覆
  • Croatian: prevrnuti se
  • Czech: převrhnout (se) loď
  • Danish: få til at kæntre
  • Dutch: kapseizen
  • European Spanish: volcar
  • Finnish: kaatua vene tms.
  • French: chavirer
  • German: kentern
  • Greek: αναποδογυρίζω
  • Italian: capovolgersi
  • Japanese: 転覆する
  • Korean: 뒤집히다
  • Norwegian: kantre
  • Polish: wywrócić
  • European Portuguese: virar de cabeça para baixo barco
  • Romanian: a se răsturna
  • Russian: опрокидывать(ся)
  • Latin American Spanish: volcarse
  • Swedish: kapsejsa
  • Thai: คว่ำ
  • Turkish: alabora olmak
  • Ukrainian: перевертати
  • Vietnamese: lật úp

Chinese translation of 'capsize'

capsize

(kæpˈsaɪz)

vt

  1. 使倾(傾)覆 (shǐ qīngfù)

vi

  1. 倾(傾)覆 (qīngfù)
(verb) 
Definition
(of a boat) to overturn accidentally
The sea got very rough and the boat capsized.
Synonyms
overturn
The lorry went out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
Two salmon fishermen died when their boat overturned.
turn over
The buggy turned over and she was thrown out.
invert
Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
tip over
We grabbed it just as it was about to tip over.
keel over
The vessel keeled over towards the murky water.
turn turtle
upset
bumping into him, and almost upsetting the ginger ale

Additional synonyms

in the sense of invert
Definition
to turn upside down or inside out
Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
Synonyms
overturn,
upturn,
turn upside down,
upset,
reverse,
capsize,
transpose,
introvert,
turn inside out,
turn turtle,
invaginate,
overset,
intussuscept
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
in the sense of tip over
Definition
to tilt so as to overturn or fall
We grabbed it just as it was about to tip over.
Synonyms
topple over,
overturn,
slant,
capsize

Synonyms of 'capsize'

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