cone
/ˈkoʊn/ verb C2- To fashion into the shape of a cone.
- To form a cone shape.
- To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones.
- To place a traffic cone on (a statue, etc.) as a prank.
He/she/it cones · Past coned · Past participle coned · -ing form coning
Verb forms
- Base form
- cone
- He/she/it
- cones
- Past
- coned
- Past participle
- coned
- -ing form
- coning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Standing on the prow was a tall man, of a dark complexion, who saw with dilating eyes that they were approaching a dark mass of land in the shape of a cone, which rose from the midst of the waves like the hat of a Catalan.
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