What Does Careened Mean?

Careening is the practice of using the receding tide to ground a vessel, in order to expose one side of its hull for maintenance and repairs below the waterline while the tide is low. At high tide, the ship is refloated.

What is a sentence for careen?

move sideways or in an unsteady way. 1, They careened the fishing boat to repaint the hull. 2, The truck careened around the corner. 3, The car careened around the corner.

What does careened away mean?

to move forwards quickly and suddenly, going from side to side in an uncontrolled way. careen down/along/off: The bus careened off the road and plunged into a river. Synonyms and related words. To move somewhere quickly.