bevel

bev·el

 (bĕv′əl)

n.

1. The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°.

2. Two rules joined together as adjustable arms used to measure or draw angles of any size or to fix a surface at an angle. Also called bevel square.

v. bev·eled, bev·el·ing, bev·els or bev·elled or bev·el·ling

v.tr.

To cut at an inclination that forms an angle other than a right angle: beveled the edges of the table.

v.intr.

To be inclined; slant.


[From Middle French *bevel, bevel square (source of Modern French biveau), from Old French *baivel, from diminutive of baif, open-mouthed, from baer, to gape, from Vulgar Latin *batāre, to yawn, gape; see bay2.]

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bevel

(ˈbɛvəl)

n

(Building)

a. Also called: cant a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle. Compare chamfer1

b. (as modifier): a bevel edge; bevel square.

vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled

1. (Building) (intr) to be inclined; slope

2. (Building) (tr) to cut a bevel on (a piece of timber, etc)

[C16: from Old French bevel (unattested), from baïf, from baer to gape; see bay1]

ˈbevelled, ˈbeveled adj

ˈbeveller, ˈbeveler n

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bev•el

(ˈbɛv əl)

n., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, n.

1. the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.

2. a surface that does not form a right angle with adjacent surfaces.

v.t.

5. to cut at a bevel.

v.i.

6. to slant;slope; incline.

adj.

7. Also, beveled; esp. Brit., bevelled. oblique; slanted; sloping.

[1555–65; < Middle French *bevel]

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bevel


Past participle: bevelled
Gerund: bevelling
Imperative
bevel
bevel
Present
I bevel
you bevel
he/she/it bevels
we bevel
you bevel
they bevel
Preterite
I bevelled
you bevelled
he/she/it bevelled
we bevelled
you bevelled
they bevelled
Present Continuous
I am bevelling
you are bevelling
he/she/it is bevelling
we are bevelling
you are bevelling
they are bevelling
Present Perfect
I have bevelled
you have bevelled
he/she/it has bevelled
we have bevelled
you have bevelled
they have bevelled
Past Continuous
I was bevelling
you were bevelling
he/she/it was bevelling
we were bevelling
you were bevelling
they were bevelling
Past Perfect
I had bevelled
you had bevelled
he/she/it had bevelled
we had bevelled
you had bevelled
they had bevelled
Future
I will bevel
you will bevel
he/she/it will bevel
we will bevel
you will bevel
they will bevel
Future Perfect
I will have bevelled
you will have bevelled
he/she/it will have bevelled
we will have bevelled
you will have bevelled
they will have bevelled
Future Continuous
I will be bevelling
you will be bevelling
he/she/it will be bevelling
we will be bevelling
you will be bevelling
they will be bevelling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bevelling
you have been bevelling
he/she/it has been bevelling
we have been bevelling
you have been bevelling
they have been bevelling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bevelling
you will have been bevelling
he/she/it will have been bevelling
we will have been bevelling
you will have been bevelling
they will have been bevelling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bevelling
you had been bevelling
he/she/it had been bevelling
we had been bevelling
you had been bevelling
they had been bevelling
Conditional
I would bevel
you would bevel
he/she/it would bevel
we would bevel
you would bevel
they would bevel
Past Conditional
I would have bevelled
you would have bevelled
he/she/it would have bevelled
we would have bevelled
you would have bevelled
they would have bevelled

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Translations

حافَّةٌ مائِله

zešikmenízkosení

skråkant

skái, sniîbrún

nuožulnus kraštasnusklembtas

slīpums

skosená hrana

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bevel

[ˈbɛvəl] n (also bevel edge) → biseau m

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bevel

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bevel

(ˈbevəl) noun

a slanting edge (rather than a sharp corner). A chisel has a bevel on its cutting edge.

ˈbevelled adjective

bevelled glass.

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bevel

n (of a needle, etc.) bisel m

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