to keel

Examples

• All

• If I keel over in this parking lot from a heart attack, you're goin' to jail.

  Gacy (2003)

• And if I keel over and, you know, fall down, somebody call the ambulance.

• How could he just keel over?

  The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

• Yeah, he just keeled over and died.

  Lazer Team (2016)

• Now, don't keel over when you hear this.

  Bordertown (1935)

• All of a sudden, she keeled over in a faint.

  Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)

• Three months later, Will Kemp keeled over in his own garage, dead at fifty-two from a heart attack.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I just don't want your arteries to clog up and then you'll keel over at the table.

  Fiction book (1994)

• She grabs her heart, uh, and she just keels over, has a heart attack, falls right on the ottoman.

  Mayhem Park (2018)

• He was feeling unwell, and then he suddenly keeled over in the middle of the street.

Synonyms

T

to tip over

vsto keel

27 3.0

Make something fall from a standing position

is about falling suddenly or accidentally rather than being caused deliberately

C

to capsize

vsto keel

21 6.0

To turn over in the water by accident

is used more widely for tipping or falling including people not only boats

K

to keel over

vsto keel

• Informal

16 5.7

Fall down suddenly because you faint or feel very weak

is a general accidental tip or fall rather than a medical collapse

H

to heel

vsto keel

• Specialized

4 7.3

To lean to one side, especially a boat in strong wind

is a sudden fall or loss of balance rather than a slight steady tilt

K

to keeling

vsto keel

7.0

To tip or fall over, often used for a boat moving to one side

is a sudden accidental fall rather than a slow lean

Antonyms

S

to stabilize

• US

75 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

Idioms

O

on an even keel

3 4.3

In a steady, calm state and working smoothly

O

on keel

1 8.2

In a stable state after problems

O

off keel

7.7

Not steady in your body or feelings

Phrasal Verbs

K

to keel over

• Informal

16 5.7

Fall down suddenly because you faint or feel very weak

T

to throw off keel

8.1

Cause someone to feel confused and upset

Compounds

E

even keel

• Informal

5 5.3

A calm, steady state after a time of trouble

B

bilge keel

• Specialized

9.9

A long narrow fin on a ship's hull that reduces rolling

D

drop keel

• Specialized

8.3

A fin under a sailboat that you raise or lower to stop the boat sliding sideways

F

fin keel

• Specialized

7.9

A metal piece under a boat that keeps it from moving sideways

K

keel arch

• Specialized

9.9

A pointed arch with S-shaped curves on each side like a ship's bottom

S

sliding keel

• Specialized

8.1

A fin under a sailboat that moves up and down to reduce sideways drift

How Unstable

to capsize

21 6.0

to keel

24 5.7

to tilt

147 2.0

to lean

418 1.5

Surface Forms

Etymology