Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chevron
Participle: chevroned
Gerund: chevroning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chevron |
| you | chevron |
| he;she;it | chevrons |
| we | chevron |
| you | chevron |
| they | chevron |
Perfect
| I | have chevroned |
| you | have chevroned |
| he;she;it | has chevroned |
| we | have chevroned |
| you | have chevroned |
| they | have chevroned |
Past
| I | chevroned |
| you | chevroned |
| he;she;it | chevroned |
| we | chevroned |
| you | chevroned |
| they | chevroned |
Pluperfect
| I | had chevroned |
| you | had chevroned |
| he;she;it | had chevroned |
| we | had chevroned |
| you | had chevroned |
| they | had chevroned |
Future
| I | will chevron |
| you | will chevron |
| he;she;it | will chevron |
| we | will chevron |
| you | will chevron |
| they | will chevron |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chevroned |
| you | will have chevroned |
| he;she;it | will have chevroned |
| we | will have chevroned |
| you | will have chevroned |
| they | will have chevroned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chevron |
| you | chevron |
| he;she;it | chevron |
| we | chevron |
| you | chevron |
| they | chevron |
Perfect
| I | have chevroned |
| you | have chevroned |
| he;she;it | have chevroned |
| we | have chevroned |
| you | have chevroned |
| they | have chevroned |
Imperfect
| I | chevroned |
| you | chevroned |
| he;she;it | chevroned |
| we | chevroned |
| you | chevroned |
| they | chevroned |
Pluperfect
| I | had chevroned |
| you | had chevroned |
| he;she;it | had chevroned |
| we | had chevroned |
| you | had chevroned |
| they | had chevroned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chevron |
| you | would chevron |
| he;she;it | would chevron |
| we | would chevron |
| you | would chevron |
| they | would chevron |
Perfect
| I | would have chevroned |
| you | would have chevroned |
| he;she;it | would have chevroned |
| we | would have chevroned |
| you | would have chevroned |
| they | would have chevroned |
Imperative
| you | chevron |
| we | Let's chevron |
| you | chevron |
Verbs conjugated like 'chevron'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chevron'
chagrin,
chaperon,
cheapen,
cheare,
checkrow,
cheer,
cheere,
cherup,
cheve,
chevy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kápros
3. Proto-Italic *kapros
4. Latin caper
5. Latin *capreus
6. Vulgar Latin *capriō
7. Old French chevronbor.
8. Middle English cheveroun
9. English chevron
10. From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.
Sample Sentences
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...the sheet to be chevroned locks itself into the furrow. [1963, Lucien Victor Gewiss, "Process and Devices for Chevroning Pliable Sheet Material," US Patent 3397261 http://www.google.com/patents?id=XflXAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA11-IA4, page 14]
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... as a thick finger with a gob of very slippery jelly or cream comes sliding down the crack now towards his asshole, chevroning the hairs along like topo lines up a river valley... [1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:]
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Bull fixed the claw under a batten, strained like a sailor at the capstan, shirt off, arms chevroned by elaborate tattoos. [1983, Allen Sillitoe, The Lost Flying Boat, →ISBN, page 118:]
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Earlier, in glaring winter daylight, i'd first noticed thin lines chevroning off the edge of each eye into the taut skin of his cheeks... [2003, Felice Picano, A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay, →ISBN, page 55:]