Past tense of keel

Forms of keel

Keeled in a sentence

• He keeled over after having a stroke.
• Ovary slightly laterally compressed, quadrangular (angles keeled), 2-celled g cells undivided, equal; ovules 2-seriate.2014, William T. Thiselton-Dyer, Flora Capensis - Volume 4: Part 2 - Hydrophyllaceae to Pedalineae, Cambridge University Press, page 457. From the entry posticously
• "You were shaking hands with Stillson when you keeled over," Lancte said.1979, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 329. From the entry goodbuddy
• When she was in stretching distance of the mattress, she keeled over rigidly like a caber that had been mistossed.2012, Francesca Clementis, Big Girls Don't Cry. From the entry mistoss
• She keeled the pot and swept away the dust.1975, Scholia Satyrica, page 29. From the entry snottery

Meaning of keel

1. noun A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. noun A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. noun In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.

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Questions about the past tense of keel

What is the past tense of keel?

The past tense of keel is keeled.

What is the past participle of keel?

The past participle of keel is keeled.

Is keel a regular or irregular verb?

Keel is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.