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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 topplay

    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 forceplay

    Synonyms:

    bank; camber; cant

    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)play

    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  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cambers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: cambered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: cambered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: cambering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Curve upward in the middleplay

    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))

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