Turtled

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of turtle.
  • adj. Capsized; turned upside-down in the water.
  • Word Usage
    "After his aborted attempt to reach the platform onto which his nephew had climbed, Callahan crawled to the back of the "turtled" boat, where he sat on the upturned outboard, wrapped his arms around the engine's lower unit and held on under an unceasing assault of drenching, slamming waves."
    Equivalent
    box turtle   
    Verb Form
    turtled    turtles    turtling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    track down    hunt    run    hunt down    sweater   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Myrtle    fertile    hurtle    infertile    mirtle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crab    tortoise    frog    lizard    lobster