capsize
/kæpˈsaɪz/US/ˈkæpsaɪz/
capsize verb: to overturn.
Verb
capsize (third-person singular simple present capsizes, present participle capsizing, simple past and past participle capsized)
- To overturn.
- Baby, I think I'm capsizing / The waves are rising and rising1982, “Sexual Healing”, performed by Marvin Gaye
- Synonyms:
- upset, keel over, turn turtle
- To cause (a ship) to overturn.
- But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII)
- To deform under stress.
- There are even cases where a totally different knot may result when carelessly pulled. Tie the Granny Knot around any object and pull one end, and it will capsize into Two Half Hitches.1944, Clifford Warren Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots, page 19
Noun
capsize (plural capsizes)
- The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning.
capsize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
capsize in Tamil
- கவிழ், மறிந்து வீழ்
capsize in Bengali
- উল্টে যাওয়া
capsize in Malayalam
- തകിടം മറിക്കുക, മറിക്കുക, കീഴ്മേൽ മറിയുക
capsize in Kannada
- ಮಗುಚು, ಮಗುಳ್ಚು, ಮೊಗಚು, ಮೊಗುಚು, ಮಗುಳಿಚು, ಮಗುರ್ಚು
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- capsize in Thai
- อับปาง àp-bpaang
- capsize in Vietnamese
- lật
Examples of capsize in a sentence
- We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
- Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.
- After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.
Synonyms of capsize
Forms of capsize
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | capsizes |
| present participle | capsizing |
| past participle | capsized |
| past | capsized |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | capsise |
| Noun | |
| plural | capsizes |
Origin of capsize
Attested since 1788. Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish chapuzar (“to sink by the head”).
Words formed from capsize
- capsizable
- capsizal
- capsizee
- capsizer
- uncapsize
- uncapsized
Words that rhyme with capsize
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- arise
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
- i's
Questions about capsize
- What does capsize mean?
- Capsize means to overturn.
- What is capsize in Tamil?
- Capsize in Tamil is கவிழ், மறிந்து வீழ். See Capsize meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is capsize?
- Capsize can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce capsize?
- Capsize is pronounced /ˈkæpsaɪz/ (US).
- What is the past tense of capsize?
- The past tense of capsize is capsized.
Words near capsize in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: capsize (page history and authors); capsize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capsize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capsize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capsize (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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