Bevel
/ˈbɛv.əl/ adj, name, noun, verb
adj, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
"to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab"
- 2 a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size wordnet
- 3 An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
"finding the length with a bevel"
- 4 two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees wordnet
- 5 A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
"The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]"
Verb
- 1 To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer. transitive
- 2 cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
"a bevel angle"
- 2 Morally distorted; not upright. figuratively, obsolete
"I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"With all faces selected, use the Bevel tool to smooth out the edges of your cube."
Etymology
From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.