'Capsize' definitions:
Definition of 'capsize'
From: WordNet
verb
Overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]
Definition of 'Capsize'
From: GCIDE
- Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.] To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. [1913 Webster]
- But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Capsize'
From: GCIDE
- Capsize \Cap"size`\, n. An upset or overturn. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'capsize'
From: Moby 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