Meaning

1 senses

  1. To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

    project as a cantilever

Origin

First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the e

First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.

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Forms

cantilevers, cantilevering, cantilevered, cantilevered
Base formcantilever · to cantilever
3rd person singularcantilevers
Present participlecantilevering
Past simplecantilevered
Past participlecantilevered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycantilever
he, she, itcantilevers

Past simpleLesson

all personscantilevered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cantilevered
he, she, ithas cantilevered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cantilever

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cantcantaloupecantankerouscanteenB1cantoncantorcanvas
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