capsize

cap·size

C0092200 (kăp′sīz′, kăp-sīz′)intr. & tr.v. cap·sized, cap·siz·ing, cap·siz·es To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.

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[Perhaps from Spanish capuzar, to load a ship so that its bow sinks (perhaps alteration of chapuzar, to duck, push underwater, from Vulgar Latin *subputeāre : Latin sub-, sub- + puteus, well; see pit¹), or from Spanish cabezar, to pitch (from cabeza, head, from Vulgar Latin *capitia, from Latin caput, capit-; see cape²).]

capsize

(kæpˈsaɪz) vbto overturn accidentally; upset[C18: of uncertain origin] capˈsizal n

cap•size

(ˈkæp saɪz, kæpˈsaɪz)

v.i., v.t. -sized, -siz•ing. to turn bottom up; overturn. [1780–90; obscurely akin to Occitan ca(p)vira (> French chavirer) to turn upside down] cap′siz•a•ble, adj.

capsize

Past participle: capsized
Gerund: capsizing

Imperative
capsize
capsize

Present
I capsize
you capsize
he/she/it capsizes
we capsize
you capsize
they capsize

Preterite
I capsized
you capsized
he/she/it capsized
we capsized
you capsized
they capsized

Present Continuous
I am capsizing
you are capsizing
he/she/it is capsizing
we are capsizing
you are capsizing
they are capsizing

Present Perfect
I have capsized
you have capsized
he/she/it has capsized
we have capsized
you have capsized
they have capsized

Past Continuous
I was capsizing
you were capsizing
he/she/it was capsizing
we were capsizing
you were capsizing
they were capsizing

Past Perfect
I had capsized
you had capsized
he/she/it had capsized
we had capsized
you had capsized
they had capsized

Future
I will capsize
you will capsize
he/she/it will capsize
we will capsize
you will capsize
they will capsize

Future Perfect
I will have capsized
you will have capsized
he/she/it will have capsized
we will have capsized
you will have capsized
they will have capsized

Future Continuous
I will be capsizing
you will be capsizing
he/she/it will be capsizing
we will be capsizing
you will be capsizing
they will be capsizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been capsizing
you have been capsizing
he/she/it has been capsizing
we have been capsizing
you have been capsizing
they have been capsizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been capsizing
you will have been capsizing
he/she/it will have been capsizing
we will have been capsizing
you will have been capsizing
they will have been capsizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been capsizing
you had been capsizing
he/she/it had been capsizing
we had been capsizing
you had been capsizing
they had been capsizing

Conditional
I would capsize
you would capsize
he/she/it would capsize
we would capsize
you would capsize
they would capsize

Past Conditional
I would have capsized
you would have capsized
he/she/it would have capsized
we would have capsized
you would have capsized
they would have capsized

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

capsize - overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"turn turtle, turtleoverturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"

capsize

verb overturn, turn over, invert, tip over, keel over, turn turtle, upset The sea got very rough and the boat capsized.

capsize

verbTo turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position:knock over, overthrow, overturn, topple, turn over, upset.

Translations

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capsize

(kӕpˈsaiz) verb (of a boat) to overturn, often sinking afterwards. (船等)翻覆 （船等）倾覆

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