cheviller

ʃəvije

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Definition of cheviller - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

menuiserie

Rare

assembler des pièces en utilisant des chevilles

Rare

Le menuisier chevilla les planches pour fabriquer le meuble.

poésie

Dated

ajouter des mots inutiles dans des vers pour compléter le mètre

Dated

Ce poète chevilla ses alexandrins avec des expressions banales.

textile

Dated

tordre la soie pendant le processus de teinture

Dated

L'artisan chevilla la soie pour obtenir une couleur uniforme.

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Origin of cheviller

français, cheviller (fixer avec un clou ou cheville)

Examples of cheviller in a sentence

On doit cheviller les pièces avant de les coller.
Il a tendance à cheviller ses poèmes pour respecter la rime.
Les critiques reprochent à l’auteur de trop cheviller ses vers.
Il faut cheviller la soie avant de la rincer.
La soie est chevillée pour fixer la teinture.

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English:dowel, pad, ...
German:verdübeln, Füllwörter einfügen, ...
Italian:giuntare con spine, inserire parole di riempimento, ...
Spanish:ensamblar con espigas, rellenar versos, ...
Portuguese:parafusar, encher versos, ...
Chinese:用木钉连接, 凑字数, ...
Japanese:ダボで組み立てる, 無駄な言葉を挿入する, ...
Arabic:ثبّت, حشر كلمات, ...
Hebrew:לְיַתֵּד, לְהוֹסִיף מִלִּים מְיוּתָּרוֹת לְשׁוּרַת שִׁיר כְּדֵי לְהַשְׁלִים אֶת הַמִּשְׁקָל, ...
Russian:соединять на шканты, набивать строку, ...
Ukrainian:зашканчувати, набивати рядки, ...
Catalan:unir amb espigues, farcir el vers, ...
Danish:dyvle, fylde vers ud med overflødige ord for at få metret til at passe, ...
Dutch:verpennen, opvullen, ...
Greek:καβιλιώνω, χρησιμοποιώ προσθήκες για το μέτρο, ...
Hungarian:csapolni, töltelékszavakat használni, ...
Khmer:ដោតភ្ជាប់, បញ្ចូលពាក្យបំពេញខ្នាតកំណាព្យ, ...
Korean:나무못으로 조립하다, 불필요한 단어를 덧붙이다, ...
Polish:kołkować, dopisywać niepotrzebne słowa, ...
Portuguese (BR):cavilhar, encher versos com palavras desnecessárias, ...
Romanian:a îmbina cu dibluri, a cârpi versurile, ...
Swedish:dymla, fylla ut, ...
Thai:ประกอบด้วยเดือยไม้, เติมคำฟุ่มเฟือย, ...
Turkish:çivilemek, gereksiz kelime eklemek, ...
Vietnamese:ghép bằng chốt, chêm từ thừa, ...

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