The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word KEEL
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More clues leading to the result KEEL
- Vegetable turns up in part of boat
- Haddock’s last fish in bottom of boat
- Aids this barge being refitted – lakeside possibly
- Fake Elvis bares bottom
- Swiss-born artist moving first piece of luggage to bottom part of ship
- Report of university member making contribution to vessel
- Flat-bottomed vessel from a German port reportedly
- Upset vegetable is returned
- Bard’s cool part of ship
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What does KEEL mean?
KEEL noun- Red chalk; ruddle.
- To mark with ruddle.
- To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- To render inoperative.
- To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
- To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
- To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
- To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
- To use up or to waste.
- To exert an overwhelming effect on.
- To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
- To force a company out of business.
- To produce intense pain.
- To punish severely.
- To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
- To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
- To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
- To cause to assume the value zero.
- (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- To deadmelt.