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# capsizing

«capsizing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Turning over in the water, so that the bottom of a boat…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) Making a boat turn over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «capsizing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capsizing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.