keel over

English

Verb

keel over (third-person singular simple present keels over, present participle keeling over, simple past and past participle keeled over)

1. (intransitive, nautical) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To collapse in a faint; to black out; to die.

   We should all go inside, before somebody keels over from the heat.

Translations

of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover

• Dutch: omvallen (nl), kapseizen (nl)
• French: se retourner (fr), se renverser (fr), chavirer (fr)

• Russian:перевернуться (ru) (perevernút'sja)

To collapse in a faint

• Dutch: flauw vallen (nl)
• French: s'évanouir (fr) , défaillir (fr), tomber dans les pommes (fr)

• Russian:отключиться (ru) (otključít'sja),(colloq.) вырубиться (ru) (výrubitsja)