even off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'égaliser, d'aplanir ou d'équilibrer quelque chose, ou d'éliminer les différences et les irrégularités.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something level, equal, or balanced, or to remove differences or irregularities.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make level or smoothinformal

   To make a surface flat, level, or smooth.

   Aplanir, égaliser

   • He used a trowel to even off the concrete.
   • The carpenter evened off the edges of the board.
   • She evened off the icing on the cake with a spatula.

   Synonymesequalizeflattenlevelplanesmooth

   Antonymesdisturbroughenruffleunevenwrinkle

2. Balance or equalizeinformal

   To make something equal or balanced, often in terms of amounts or scores.

   égaliser/équilibrer

   • The team scored a goal to even off the score.
   • We need to even off the payments between the two accounts.
   • The company evened off the profits by reducing expenses.

   Synonymesbalancecompensateequalequalizeeven outlevelmatchneutralizeoffsetsquare

Verbe de baseeven