Synonyms of the word chevron


CHEVRONBADGE - BEARING - CHARGE - STRIPE - STRIPES

chevron

  • n. A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
  • n. (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
  • n. (chiefly Britain) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances…
  • n. A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages…
  • n. An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
  • n. (informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
  • v. To form or be formed into chevrons.

badge

  • n. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some…
  • n. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  • n. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  • n. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  • n. (obsolete, cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
  • n. (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
  • n. (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who,…
  • v. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
  • v. (transitive) To show a badge to.
  • v. (transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

bearing

  • adj. That which bears (whatever this combining form combines with).
  • adj. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
  • n. A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
  • n. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or…
  • n. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
  • n. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
  • n. (in the plural) Direction or relative position.
  • n. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
  • n. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  • n. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
  • n. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
  • v. present participle of bear.

charge

  • n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
  • n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
  • n. A load or burden; cargo.
  • n. The amount of money levied for a service.
  • n. An instruction.
  • n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
  • n. An accusation.
  • n. An electric charge.
  • n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
  • n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
  • n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
  • n. A forceful forward movement.
  • n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
  • n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
  • n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
  • n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
  • n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
  • v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
  • v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
  • v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
  • v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
  • v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
  • v. To impute or ascribe.
  • v. To call to account; to challenge.
  • v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
  • v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
  • v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
  • v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…

stripe

  • n. A long, straight region of a single colour.
  • n. (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
  • n. (informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
  • n. A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
  • n. (weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets…
  • v. (transitive) To mark with stripes.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to…

stripes

  • n. plural of stripe.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stripe.

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