vee
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editvee (plural vees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
- 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
- Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess.
- 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
- RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".
- Something with the shape of the letter V.
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:
- One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.
- 2013, Nancy Springer, We Don't Know Why:
- The river leapt and rippled like a lizard. Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.
- 2019 December 4, Philip Haigh, “Trains, tickets and tests: LNER outlines its targets”, in Rail, page 62:
- York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.
- (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
- (cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
- A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
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See also
edit- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Verb
editvee (third-person singular simple present vees, present participle veeing, simple past and past participle veed)
- To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process.
- 1925, Oxweld Acetylene Company, The Oxwelder's Manual: Instructions for Welding and Cutting, page 166:
- As the metal melts it is veed out with the paddle for about 2 in.
- 2005, Richard Finch, Performance Welding Handbook, page 83:
- Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.
See also
edit- say la vee (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
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editvee n (uncountable)
- (collective) livestock, cattle
- Het vee graast in de weide.
- The livestock is grazing in the pasture.
- De boerderij houdt vee voor zowel melk als vlees.
- The farm keeps cattle for both milk and meat.
- Ze handelen in vee, voornamelijk schapen en geiten.
- They trade in livestock, mainly sheep and goats.
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editFurther reading
edit- “vee” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Estonian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editvee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editvee
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish ve (“name of the letter V”). Similar names are also found in other European languages, such as English vee, French vé and Latvian vē. It is ultimately formed by analogy with Latin letter names such as bē for B, but it is unknown in which this language took place.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvee
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
Declension
editInflection of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vee | veet | |
genitive | veen | veiden veitten | |
partitive | veetä | veitä | |
illative | veehen | veihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vee | veet | |
accusative | nom. | vee | veet |
gen. | veen | ||
genitive | veen | veiden veitten | |
partitive | veetä | veitä | |
inessive | veessä | veissä | |
elative | veestä | veistä | |
illative | veehen | veihin | |
adessive | veellä | veillä | |
ablative | veeltä | veiltä | |
allative | veelle | veille | |
essive | veenä | veinä | |
translative | veeksi | veiksi | |
abessive | veettä | veittä | |
instructive | — | vein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Noun
editvêe f or n
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
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editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “vee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Võro
editNoun
editvee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
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edit- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/iː
- Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Latin letter names
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cricket
- English verbs
- English terms derived from the shape of letters
- English three-letter words
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/eː
- Rhymes:Dutch/eː/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch collective nouns
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- nl:Livestock
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- et:Latin letter names
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eː
- Rhymes:Finnish/eː/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Latin letter names
- Finnish maa-type nominals
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Dutch lemmas
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- Middle Dutch feminine nouns
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- Võro lemmas
- Võro nouns
- vro:Latin letter names