Bevel - English meaning

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

A grooved ring holding the cover of a watch face or other instrument in position.

Usage examples:

Frosted bezels (grooved rings) have been added to control knobs on many of the new season's models …

noun

The plastic front cover of a computer that can be removed and is designed to make the computer look more attractive

noun

A ring with a cut around the inside used to hold something such as the face of a watch in place

noun

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

Usage examples:

He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

verb

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

Usage examples:

If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere

noun

A slope or tilt.

Usage examples:

The outward cant of the curving walls

verb

(in carpentry) cut away (a right-angled edge or corner) to make a symmetrical sloping edge.

Usage examples:

A neat chamfered edge

noun

A symmetrical sloping surface at an edge or corner.

Usage examples:

There are unfortunate chamfers on the back corners of the plan to allow for rights of light of neig…

noun

A cut on the edge or corner of something that makes it slope slightly rather than being perfectly square

adjective

(of a straight line) joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight-sided shape.

Usage examples:

Draw two diagonal lines dividing the square and the rectangle into triangles.

noun

A straight line joining two opposite corners of a square, rectangle, or other straight-sided shape.

Usage examples:

Do this at a diagonal, from one corner of the square to the opposite corner.

adjective

(of a line) straight and sloping, so that it is neither horizontal nor vertical

Usage examples:

A diagonal line in a circle is often used as a symbol to show that certain behavior is forbidden.

noun

A tall headdress worn by bishops and senior abbots as a symbol of office, tapering to a point at front and back with a deep cleft between.

Usage examples:

In it, a bishop who had committed disgraceful acts was stripped of the symbols of his office - mitr…

verb

Join by means of a mitre joint or seam.

Usage examples:

Turn up a double hem, mitring the corners

noun

A tall, pointed hat worn by bishops in official ceremonies

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Usage examples:

We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

noun

A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.

Usage examples:

He slithered helplessly down the slope

verb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

Usage examples:

The garden sloped down to a stream

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

Usage examples:

The tilt of her head

verb

Lean over; tip