to true
- verb
- /tru/
- Specialized
- He carefully used a tool to true the edges of the door so it would close properly.
- true the wheel
- true the edge
Examples
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When I need to press some freshly washed fabric, I can even true up the grainlines by following the grid.
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You want to true true your shoulder seam so that they line up exactly.
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All right, so now I'm going to true up these wheels and truing is a dark art.
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So I'm just going to go in here and true the waist line up that those seams right there.
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My parting tool has a bad tendency to drift to the left as I part off stock, so I needed a way to true up the wheels to be entirely flat on each side.
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To ensure the best performance, it's essential to true the wheel before each ride.
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After adjusting the spokes, you need to true the wheel by checking for any wobbles.
Synonyms
Make something straight and in the right position
To make something level or smooth
To put things in a straight line or in the correct position
Make something straight or at a right angle
To make something exactly straight and level, for example a wheel rim
To make one surface level with another
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Jargon
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Specialized
A thin piece of tissue in the throat that vibrates to make the voice
- Specialized
A small animal like a house cat or wildcat that cannot roar, unlike lions
- Specialized
An insect with a thin mouth that pierces and sucks fluids, like a water strider
- Specialized
A climbing plant from the tropics that makes small round spice seeds used in cooking
Good qualities like honesty, courage, and respect that show a man treats others well
- Specialized
A major group of bacteria with firm cell walls, including common kinds that cause disease
- Specialized
A smooth-bodied animal that lives in water and on land with long back legs and webbed feet
- Specialized
A small active songbird usually brown or grey from Europe, Asia and Africa
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A tall evergreen tree of the Cedrus group that grows on high mountains like the Himalayas or Mediterranean
- Specialized
A living thing like a mushroom or mold with cell walls made of chitin that makes spores
- Specialized
An angle you measure along the path around a planet or star from the closest point
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree with needle leaves and upright cones often used as a Christmas tree
- Archaic
A young woman in the 1920s with short hair, bold makeup, and lively, daring style
A small evergreen tree from the Mediterranean with glossy fragrant leaves used to flavor food and for wreaths
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A small South American monkey with soft fur that often has twins and is not a tamarin
- Australian
A tree that grows on other plants in Indonesia and Malaysia with yellow, fragrant wood that repels insects
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A sea mammal without visible ears, with fur and back flippers for swimming
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A shrub with yellow flowers whose dried leaves help people with constipation
- Specialized
A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants
- Specialized
Light, easy to work wood from the tulip tree used for furniture and veneers
- Specialized
A bat from tropical America that drinks the blood of animals like cows and birds
- Archaic
A person who strongly supports a political party, especially the Whiggamores
- Specialized
Thin bands of tissue in the voice box that vibrate to make voice when air passes between them
How Aligned
Surface Forms
Etymology
True as a verb comes from the adjective true (Old English trēowe 'faithful'), so to true a wheel or edge is to make it exactly straight or correctly aligned to the proper line.