heeling in English

verb

1

fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot).

In fact, if you are dining there he will lend you a pair of flip-flops to get back to your chair while he heels your soles.

2

(of a dog) follow closely behind its owner.

these dogs are born with the instinctive urge to heel

3

touch the ground with the heel when dancing.

4

strike (the ball) with the heel of the club.

I heeled the shot and hit a line drive through the fence and into the putting green area.

5

(of a boat or ship) be tilted temporarily by the pressure of wind or by an uneven distribution of weight on board.

As the wind increased, the yacht heeled over to a precarious angle and its bow was being continually submerged by the oncoming swell.

synonyms: lean over, list, careen, tilt, tip, incline, keel over

6

set a plant in the ground and cover its roots.

Of course if the weather is very cold when your plants arrive, this is the only option for them, since if it's too cold for planting then it's also too cold to heel plants in .

verb

lean over, list, careen, tilt, tip, incline, keel over
list
reheel

Use "heeling" in a sentence

1. the heeling angle

2. the heeling angle at which the maximum righting lever occurs;

3. reach its maximum value at a heeling angle of 25° or over,

4. be positive at a heeling angle of up to 60°.

5. the heeling angle at which the maximum righting lever occurs

6. (a) reach its maximum value at a heeling angle of 25° or over,

7. for heeling angles between 0 and 30°, a residual righting lever of at least

8. (a) whose working gear can in no way alter their heeling or trim, and

9. (b) for heeling angles between 0 and 30°, there is a righting lever of at least

10. The structural members may be partially compressible and provide a restoring force, and they may allow heeling.

11. In general, a frequency of 30% of defect wound heeling was found in patients with acquired coagulopathies.

12. for heeling angles between 0 and 30°, there is a righting lever of at least

13. (f) for heeling angles between 0 and 30°, a residual righting lever of at least

14. The sleigh was on one runner,(http://Sentencedict.com) heeling like a yacht in a wind.

15. dperm — lever of permissible moment taken from the dynamic stability curve, at the admissible heeling angle, m;

16. 28 There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.

17. 7 There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.

18. For that purpose the sum of the trim and heeling angles shall not exceed 10° and the bottom of the float shall not emerge.

19. A heeling apparatus includes a shoe with a unique feature in the heel that allows one to walk, run, or roll seamlessly.

20. Later improvements involved a “guying rubber,” which helped flip the vane over when the boat stopped heeling, and the “Liverpool boy,” which held the jib on the old tack until it Backwinded, thereby pushing the bow over more smartly.