Cone (Verb)
Meaning
Make cone-shaped; "cone a tire".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The mechanic had to cone the tire on the verge of blowing out to maintain some stability.
- The engineers tried to cone a specific area of the damaged fuselage to preserve airworthiness.
- To improve aerodynamics, researchers attempted to cone the rear section of the racecar.
- The new alloy they used proved strong enough to be coned for their spaceship's unique structure.
- Fabric coned into perfect triangles made the party decorations visually striking.