New English-Irish Dictionary

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keel

1 noun NAUT of boatcíle fem4 c m u 2 noun of kite etccíle fem4 c m u

phrases

on an even keel

1 NAUT of boat, aircraftar chíle chothromthey kept the boat on an even keel choinnigh siad an bád ar chíle chothrom 2 figurative operating without problemsi gcóir agus i gceartCathal keeps everything on an even keel coimeádann Cathal gach rud i gcóir agus i gceart, coinníonn Cathal gach rud in ord agus in eagarthe country is back on an even keel again tá an tír ar a boinn arís, tá an tír faoi chiúir arís

to go keel over

NAUTthe boat went keel over thiontaigh an bád bunoscionn, chuaigh an bád béal fúithi

phrasal verbs

keel over

1 (v + adv) NAUT of boat INTRANSITIVEthe boat started to keel over thosaigh an bád ag dul béal fúithi, thosaigh an bád ag imeacht ar a faobhar, thosaigh an bád ag dul ar a scian 2 (v + adv) lean and fall INTRANSITIVEtit verb c m uthe wall keeled over thit an balla, thug an balla uaidhthe pole started keeling over thosaigh an cuaille ag claonadh, tháinig leathmhaig ar an gcuaille 3 (v + adv) of person, animal INTRANSITIVEtit as do sheasamh c m uI was ready to keel over bhí mé ar tí titim as mo sheasamhshe keeled over and died thit sí fuar marbh 4 (v + adv) die informal INTRANSITIVEbás a fháil c m uéag verb c m ubásaigh verb c m uwhen I keel over nuair a gheobhaidh mé bás 5 (v + adv) informal stop working INTRANSITIVEclis verb c m uthe server was about to keel over bhí an freastalaí ar tí cliseadh

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on an even keel

to go keel over

keel over

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