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) nouna slanting edge (rather than a sharp corner). A chisel has a bevel on its cutting edge.
ˈbevelled adjectivebevelled glass.
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bevel
n (of a needle, etc.) bisel m
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