As a noun carmen
is .
As a verb careen is
(nautical) to heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
carmen
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
borrowed from Spanish in the nineteenth century.
, an Anglicization of (etyl) Carmine.
A town in Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Idaho.
Quotations
* 1914 Keith Clark, The Spell of Spain , The Page Company 1914, page 223:
*: Not all of them looked "Spanish", but, no doubt, all of them were Spanish, even the blue-eyed, white, sylph-like creature, dressed in pale blue and white, who looked much more like a Murillo Madonna than like Carmen', but who danced like a ' Carmen , with a lithe, luring body entirely without stays, - - -
* 1988 (Elmore Leonard), Killshot , Arbor House 1989, ISBN 1557100411, page 145:
*: "But your Mom won," Carmen said, "and named you after a movie star. Moms get away with murder. Mine, you probably think, named me after the girl in the opera."
*: "Tell you the truth," Wayne said, "I never thought about it."
*: "She didn't. She named me after Guy Lombardo's brother, Carmen Lombardo, he sang with the band. - -
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careen
English
Verb
(
en verb)
(nautical) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
(nautical) To tilt on one side.
To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
To tilt or lean while in motion.
To .
Derived terms
* careenage
Synonyms
* heel
Anagrams
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