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 put things in a straight line or in the correct position
Make something straight or at a right angle
To make something level or smooth
To make one surface level with another
To make something exactly straight and level, for example a wheel rim
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Jargon
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- 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
- Specialized
A thin piece of tissue in the throat that vibrates to make the voice
- Specialized
An angle you measure along the path around a planet or star from the closest point
- Specialized
A major group of bacteria with firm cell walls, including common kinds that cause disease
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree of the Cedrus group that grows on high mountains like the Himalayas or Mediterranean
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A living thing like a mushroom or mold with cell walls made of chitin that makes spores
- 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
- Specialized
A smooth-bodied animal that lives in water and on land with long back legs and webbed feet
A small evergreen tree from the Mediterranean with glossy fragrant leaves used to flavor food and for wreaths
Good qualities like honesty, courage, and respect that show a man treats others well
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A sea mammal without visible ears, with fur and back flippers for swimming
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A small active songbird usually brown or grey from Europe, Asia and Africa
- 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.