Capsize

English

Verb

Capsize (third-person singular simple present capsizes, present participle capsizing, simple past and past participle capsized)

1. (intransitive, nautical) To overturn.
2. (transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.

Thesaurus

be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list, lurch, overset, overthrow, overturn, pitch, pitchpole, scuttle, sink, somersault, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stumble, subvert, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, tilt, tip over, topple, topple down, topple over, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, totter, trip, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, upset, upset the boat, upturn

Etymology

Attested since 1788 CE. Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish capuzar (“to sink by the head”).

Synonyms

• keel over
• turn turtle

Related terms

• capsized
• capsizer

Translations

(intransitive) to overturn

Bulgarian: прекатурвам се (bg), преобръщам се (bg) Catalan: sotsobrar (ca) Dutch: kapseizen (nl) Finnish: kaatua (fi) French: chavirer (fr) German: kentern (de) Hungarian: felborul (hu), felfordul (hu)

Italian: capovolgersi (it) Norwegian: kantre (no) Russian: опрокидываться Spanish: zozobrar (es) Swedish: kapsejsa (sv) Turkish: devirmek (tr)

(transitive) to cause to overturn

Bulgarian: прекатурвам (bg), преобръщам (bg) Dutch: doen kapseizen Finnish: kaataa (fi)

Hungarian: felborít (hu), felfordít (hu) Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis (gd) Spanish: hacer volcar (es), zozobrar (es)