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sypher

sypher verb: to lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

Verb

sypher (third-person singular simple present syphers, present participle syphering, simple past and past participle syphered)

  1. To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

Proper noun capitalized: Sypher

Sypher (plural Syphers)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of sypher

Verb
third-person singular presentsyphers
present participlesyphering
past participlesyphered
pastsyphered
Proper noun
pluralSyphers

Origin of sypher

Unknown.

Americanized form of German Seifer.

Questions about sypher

What does sypher mean?
Sypher means to lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
What part of speech is sypher?
Sypher can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of sypher?
The past tense of sypher is syphered.

Words near sypher in the dictionary

  1. Syosset
  2. SYP
  3. syph
  4. syphaxin
  5. syphed up
  6. sypher
  7. syphered
  8. syphering
  9. syphers
  10. syphilid
  11. syphilide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sypher (page history and authors); Sypher (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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