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Definition of careens:

(v) : (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
(v) : (intransitive, chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
(v) : (intransitive, chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
(v) : (intransitive) To tilt or lean while in motion.
(v) : (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
(v) : (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

Definition of careens:

(v) : (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
(v) : (intransitive, chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
(v) : (intransitive, chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
(v) : (intransitive) To tilt or lean while in motion.
(v) : (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
(v) : (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

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