(sī′fər) tr.v. sy·phered, sy·pher·ing, sy·phers. To overlap and even (chamfered or beveled plank edges) so that they form a flush surface.

What is a cipher person?

A cipher can also be a person, often a fictional character, who is a blank slate—and that's how I used the word when talking with my husband. A cipher has so little personality—is such a nothing—that the readers or viewers can project their own ideas and values onto the character.

What does ciphering mean in English?

: to use figures in a mathematical process all children should learn to read, write, and cipher— M. Pattison. transitive verb. 1 : encipher ciphered the letters that passed between the two heads of state. 2 : to compute arithmetically ciphered out the sum in his head.