trues
- 1Third-person singular simple present of true.
The mechanic trues every spoke until the rim runs perfectly straight.
A careful carpenter trues the board's edge with a hand plane.
Note
Only the verb can carry this ending. The adjective true, meaning factually correct, has no -s form, so this spelling always belongs to the verb of straightening, leveling and aligning. That verb is often followed by up, so you will meet it as trues up: she trues up the frame before welding. The -s goes with he, she, it or a singular noun. Every other present-tense subject takes plain true.
The machinist trues up the shaft before the final cut.
She trues up the door frame so the hinges sit level.
trues is a form of true
true, verb: To make something straight, level, or correctly aligned. Full entry
- Spelling
- true → trues: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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