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EVEN OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make even or more even
Synonyms:
even; even out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "even out" is one way to...):
regularise; regularize (make regular or more regular)
Cause:
even; even out (become even or more even)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become even or more even
Example:
even out the surface
Synonyms:
even; even out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "even out" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make level or straight
Example:
level the ground
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "even out" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "even out"):
grade (level to the right gradient)
strickle; strike (smooth with a strickle)
strickle (level off with a strickle in a measuring container)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Adjust for
Example:
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Synonyms:
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "even out" is one way to...):
balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize (bring into balance or equilibrium)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "even out"):
carry (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance)
compensate; cover; overcompensate (make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
