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Definition: KEELING

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A cod.[Websters].
Verb 1. To overwhelm. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To reel, stagger or wobble.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb keel.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(keel)
1. Walk as if unable to control one's movements.[Wordnet].
2. To cool; to skim or stir.[Websters].
3. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.[Websters].
4. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: keeling, keeled, keels, keeler, keelers, keelingly and keeledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Keeling" is a common misspelling or typo for: keeping, kneeling.

Date "Keeling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references)

Specialty Definition: KEELING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A kind of small cod, of which stock fish is made. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: KEELING

Expressions Definition
Charles David Keeling Dr Charles David Keeling (April 20 1928 - June 22 2005) professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is best known for his work on the Keeling Curve of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. At a White House ceremony held in July 1997, Dr. Keeling was presented with a "special achievement award" from Vice President Al Gore. Dr. Keeling was honored "for 40 years of outstanding scientific research associated with monitoring of atmospheric carbon dioxide in connection with Mauna Loa Observatory." President George W. Bush selected Keeling to receive the National Medal of Science in 2002, the highest US award for scientific research lifetime achievement. (references)
Charles Keeling Charles Keeling (April 20, 1928 - June 20, 2005) was an American scientist whose recording of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory first alerted the world to global warming attributed to the "greenhouse effect". The Keeling curve measures the progressive buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. President George W. Bush presented Dr Keeling with the National Medal of Science in 2002. (references)
Keeling Curve The Keeling Curve is a graph showing the variation in concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1958. It shows that human activities are increasing the greenhouse effect with implications for global warming. (references)
Keeling House Keeling House is a 16 story block of flats in Bethnal Green, London. It was designed by Denys Lasdun and built between 1957 and 1959 as 4 blocks of maisonettes arranged around a central staircase and lift shaft. (references)
Patrick J. Keeling Patrick J. Keeling is a mycologist in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia. He is notable for his publications on fungi including Microsporidia and the evolution of parasites. (references)
William Keeling Captain William Keelingdiscovered the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1609 as he was going home from Java to England. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: KEELING

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Keeling Curve 23     Adam Keeling House 9
Charles David Keeling 11     Andrew Keeling 4
Jimmie Keeling 11     Butch Keeling 10
Butch Keeling 10     Charles David Keeling 11
Adam Keeling House 9     Edward Keeling 4
Jerry Keeling 8     Harold Keeling 3
Andrew Keeling 4     Jerry Keeling 8
Edward Keeling 4     Jimmie Keeling 11
Pulu Keeling National Park 4     Keeling Curve 23
Patrick J. Keeling 3     Keeling House 3
William Keeling 3     Patrick J. Keeling 3
Harold Keeling 3     Pulu Keeling National Park 4
Keeling House 3     William Keeling 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"keeling" is a common misspelling or typo for: keeping, kneeling.

Synonyms: keeling
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

cod, keeler, keels, swagging.
Consider also: footing, abash, defeat, distress, shipping, codfish, codling, carina, keel, pod.

Verb

overwhelm, bottoming, careening, distributing, floundering, gyrating, lurching, overturn, pitching, prowling, reeling, shifting, stacking, swaying, tilting, upset, waggling, whirling, wobbling.
Consider also: hoofing, rooting, walking, tumbling, beaming, complicate, demoralize, depose, depress, destroy, deter, devastate, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disrupt, disturb, elicit, embarrass, enkindle, plunging, foundering, navigating, slumping, toppling, capsizing, crafting.

Adjective

drooping, flagging, sagging, staggering.
Consider also: cooling, soling, toing, boating, overwhelming.

Other

skunking, swaging, deject, capsize, keeled.

Expression

keel over.
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Computed Synonyms: keeling

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   29.3095   keeling     boating     vesseling, canoing, crafting, boat, skiffing   
 2   28.3094   keeling     shipping     boating, vesseling, shipment, ship, dispatching   
 3   27.5096   keeling     vesseling     potting, boating, shipping, jugging, boxing   
 4   23.3093   keeling     bottoming     grounding, rumping, buttocking, backing, seating   
 5   19.4096   keeling     hulling     podding, bodying, rinding, jacketing, enclosuring   
 6   14.4095   keeling     tumbling     fall, drop, fell, dropping, descend   
 7   12.3095   keeling     basing     bedding, ignobling, legging, padding, stocking   
 8   12.3094   keeling     crafting     skilling, artificing, tricking, knacking, vesseling   
 9   11.4095   keeling     skittling     pinning, hulling, bracing, coning, nogging   
 10   10.3095   keeling     naving     shipping, vesseling, bossing, boating, baying   
 11   10.3095   keeling     nogging     pegging, pinning, bracing, hulling, skittling   
 12   10.3095   keeling     pinning     pegging, bolting, needling, spiking, roding   
 13   10.3095   keeling     bracing     brace, spidering, cleating, support, trussing   
 14   10.3095   keeling     footing     base, pawing, foot, bottom, foundation   
 15   9.4096   keeling     sailing     navigating, sail, steering, floating, voyaging   
--------------------     271 synonyms ranked from 16 to 286 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: KEELING

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian vrávorání (wobble, reel, stagger, wabble, boggling). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese keeling (Keeling). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina vrávorání (wobble, reel, stagger, wabble, boggling). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 倾覆 (capsize, keel over, overwhelm, capsizal, upset). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech vrávorání (wobble, reel, stagger, wabble, boggling). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch fahrend (driving, carting, navigating, errant, keeling). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
German fahrend (driving, carting, navigating, errant, keeling). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
High German fahrend (driving, carting, navigating, errant, keeling). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch fahrend (driving, carting, navigating, errant, keeling). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ひっくりかえり (keeling). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese keeling (Keeling). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Keeling. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: KEELING

Language Translations for “Keeling” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Kathageelathaging (Keeling). Additional references: Athag, Keeling. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Kageelaging (Keeling). Additional references: Double Dutch, Keeling. (volunteer)
Leet ]{&&1!^/6 (Keeling). Additional references: Leet, Keeling. (volunteer)
Oppish Kopeeloping (Keeling). Additional references: Oppish, Keeling. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Eelingkay (Keeling). Additional references: Pig Latin, Keeling. (volunteer)
Terran B keeling (Keeling). Additional references: Terran B, Keeling. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Kubeelubing (Keeling). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Keeling. (volunteer)
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