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To form or be formed into chevronsTo form or be formed into chevrons
UK/ˈʃɛvɹən/US/ˈʃɛvɹɑn/
» My bag has chevrons on it.
letsgolanguages · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo form or be formed into chevrons
Examples
2 sentencesMy bag has chevrons on it.
Please keep two chevrons between you and the car in front.
Origin
From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it lookFrom 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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
chevrons, chevroning, chevroned, chevronedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.