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CAMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("camber" is a kind of...):
alignment (the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("camber" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Derivation:
camber (curve upward in the middle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("camber" is a kind of...):
convex shape; convexity (a shape that curves or bulges outward)
Derivation:
camber (curve upward in the middle)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they camber ... he / she / it cambers
Past simple: cambered
-ing form: cambering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "camber" is one way to...):
arc; arch; curve (form an arch or curve)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
camber (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)
camber (a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road))