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to dovetail
01
to fit together in a satisfactory or suitable way
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
dovetail
3rd person singular
dovetails
Past simple
dovetailed
Past participle
dovetailed
Examples
The furniture pieces were chosen to dovetail with the room ’s overall decor and color scheme.
1.1
to make things fit well with each other
Transitive
Examples
Their schedules dovetail perfectly, allowing them to collaborate on the project seamlessly.
Dovetail
01
a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
dovetails
