| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Dovetail.[Websters]
2. To be morticed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have matched, agreed, corresponded or harmonized. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be cogged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have mortised or slotted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be tenoned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have finished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be toothed or pronged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have terminated or reconnected. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have connected, rejoined or welded.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dovetail.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dovetail) | 1. Fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail.[Wordnet]. 2. To cut to a dovetail.[Websters]. 3. To join by means of dovetails.[Websters]. 4. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: dovetailing, dovetailed, dovetails, dovetailer, dovetailers, dovetailingly and dovetailedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DOVETAILED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dovetail
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Industry | The projecting part of a wooden piece with two opposite sides diverging. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Literature | Dovetail Metaphorically, to fit on or fit in nicely; to correspond. It is a word in carpentry, and means the fitting one board into another by a tenon in the shape of a dove's tail, or wedge reversed. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Metallurgy | A slot, shaped like the tail of a dove for holding and or locating a male to a female part. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A cutout section in a cone enabling positive slip movement without the aid of conventional slip return springs. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: dovetail
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Dovetail joint | A mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dovetail joint | A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a woodworking joinery technique. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join the sides of a drawer to the front. (references) | ||
| Dovetail molding | (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Dovetail plane | A woodworking plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dovetail saw | (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Miter dovetail | (Carp.), a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DOVETAILED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dovetailed way | Mechanical Engineering | A female prismatic way the cross section of which is a truncated triangle. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: dovetail | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Dovetail joint | 43 | Dovetail (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Dovetail Joint (band) | 24 | Dovetail joint | 43 | |
| Dovetail Joint (The Black album) | 6 | Dovetail joint (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Dovetail joint (alternative meanings) | 2 | Dovetail Joint (band) | 24 | |
| Dovetail (alternative meanings) | 2 | Dovetail Joint (The Black album) | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
