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| heel [ heel ] |
transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle heeled, present participle heel·ing, 3rd person present singular heels) |
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lean to one side: to lean over to one side so far as to be in danger of falling, or cause a boat to lean in this way
 The ship heeled in the wind.
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noun (plural heels) |
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sideways lean: a leaning to one side, or the degree to which a boat is leaning
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| [Late 16th century. Alteration of hield (taken as past participle) < Old English hieldan "lean, bend" < W Germanic] |
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