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# capsizing

verb form (capsize, capsizes, capsized, capsizing); noun (capsizing)

«capsizing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Turning over in the water, so that the bottom of a boat is on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#m1)
2. Making a boat turn over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#m2)

### In the lessons

In water safety lessons, capsizing is a danger in boats, canoes and kayaks: wear a life jacket, stay with the boat and keep calm. In sailing clubs, children practise capsizing on purpose to learn how to right the boat. In news, it describes boat accidents.

### Examples

- The canoe was capsizing in the big wave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#x1)
- Wear a life jacket in case of capsizing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#x2)
- We practised capsizing and righting the dinghy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#x3)
- Too many people on one side can cause capsizing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#x4)
- The ferry was capsizing in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#x5)
- After capsizing, hold on to the boat and wait for help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#x6)

### Note

The -ing form of «capsize» (drop the e). Past: capsized. Spelling: c-a-p-s-i-z-e; American and British spelling are the same with z. Similar: overturn, keel over. Opposite: right the boat.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «capsizing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«capsizing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/capsizing.html) on Mova free.