(UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
(UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
(UK, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.
(transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
vai
vai
noun
(grammar) Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.
val
val
noun
(informal) Valium.
van
van
noun
(Britain) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
(aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
(dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
(mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
A wing with which the air is beaten.
Clipping of vanguard.
verb
(Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
(mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
(transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
vap
vap
noun
(obsolete) That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.
var
var
noun
(physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
(programming) Abbreviation of variable.
(statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
vas
vas
noun
(anatomy) A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
(colloquial, specifically) The vas deferens.
vat
vat
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A vessel for holding holy water.
(dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
verb
(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
(transitive) To put into a vat.
vau
vav
vav
noun
The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
vaw
vaw
noun
Alternative form of vav
vax
vax
noun
(slang) Clipping of vaccination.
(slang) Clipping of vaccine.
verb
(slang) To vaccinate.
vga
via
via
intj
(obsolete) Away! Be off!
noun
(electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)