--- title: V — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 307 words of the English dictionary under V, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / V # V — The English dictionary · page 4 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/16/) **varicella** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) The proper medical name for chickenpox, a common illness that gives an itchy rash of spots and blisters, mostly in children.[↗](../../varicella/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) The virus that causes it, called the varicella-zoster virus.[↗](../../varicella/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Varicella is the doctor's word for chickenpox.[↗](../../varicella/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaflet said the varicella vaccine protects children from chickenpox.[↗](../../varicella/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother had varicella and was covered in itchy spots.[↗](../../varicella/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse wrote "varicella" on the school note.[↗](../../varicella/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Varicella spreads easily, so children stay home until the spots crust over.[↗](../../varicella/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The varicella virus can return years later as shingles.[↗](../../varicella/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **varied** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Varied means made of many different kinds, as in a varied diet.[↗](../../varied/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Varied is the past form of vary: changed or was different, as in the temperature varied.[↗](../../varied/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Eat a varied diet with lots of fruit and vegetables.[↗](../../varied/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use varied sentence openers in your story.[↗](../../varied/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather varied from sunny to stormy.[↗](../../varied/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our results varied each time we did the test.[↗](../../varied/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo has a varied collection of animals.[↗](../../varied/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices varied from shop to shop.[↗](../../varied/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was indeed a scene of varied life in the street.[↗](../../varied/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams.[↗](../../varied/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../varied/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **variegated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Variegated leaves or flowers have patches, stripes or edges of different colours, often green and white or yellow.[↗](../../variegated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Variegated means having many different colours or kinds.[↗](../../variegated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The variegated ivy has green and cream leaves.[↗](../../variegated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma grows a variegated holly with yellow edges.[↗](../../variegated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Variegated plants need lots of light.[↗](../../variegated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sold variegated wool in many colours.[↗](../../variegated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a variegated leaf in science.[↗](../../variegated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake had variegated scales of brown and gold.[↗](../../variegated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you notice the variegated splendour of the walls and windows?[↗](../../variegated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **variety** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Variety means having many different kinds of things, not all the same: a menu with variety has lots of choices.[↗](../../variety/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A variety of things is a number of different kinds of them: «a variety of fruit».[↗](../../variety/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A variety is one particular type of something, especially a type of plant or animal: «a new variety of apple».[↗](../../variety/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Variety, or a variety show, is entertainment made of many short acts like songs, jokes and magic.[↗](../../variety/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school canteen has a good variety of lunches.[↗](../../variety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny grows ten varieties of tomato.[↗](../../variety/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We read a variety of books this term, from comics to poems.[↗](../../variety/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For variety, we had pasta instead of rice.[↗](../../variety/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The talent show was a variety show with singers, dancers and a juggler.[↗](../../variety/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Variety is the spice of life, so let's try something new.[↗](../../variety/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells a wide variety of pens.[↗](../../variety/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Penguins come in many varieties, from tiny blue ones to huge emperors.[↗](../../variety/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His daughter Metra, who was devotedly attached to him, possessed the power of transforming herself into a variety of different animals.[↗](../../variety/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **various** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Several different; of different kinds.[↗](../../various/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More than one; many separate ones.[↗](../../various/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop sells various kinds of sweets.[↗](../../various/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured various objects in the classroom with a ruler.[↗](../../various/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was late for various reasons.[↗](../../various/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle can be solved in various ways.[↗](../../various/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Various children brought in pets for show and tell.[↗](../../various/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has various dinosaur bones from around the world.[↗](../../various/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew various shapes: circles, squares and triangles.[↗](../../various/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have visited my nan at various times this year.[↗](../../various/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Various causes led to this selection.[↗](../../various/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They then put the question, how came so many various beings into existence?[↗](../../various/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../various/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Here the view of various writers differ widely.[↗](../../various/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../various/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Various views prevailed about the origin of these two sym- bols.[↗](../../various/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../various/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **variously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In different ways, or by different people at different times.[↗](../../variously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Used to show that something has been given several different names or descriptions.[↗](../../variously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The animal is variously called a cougar, a puma or a mountain lion.[↗](../../variously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle has been variously described as beautiful and gloomy.[↗](../../variously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children were variously dressed as pirates, robots and fairies.[↗](../../variously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old story is variously told in different villages.[↗](../../variously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His age was variously reported as nine and ten.[↗](../../variously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The colour was variously described as blue, green and teal.[↗](../../variously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This goddess of Fortune is variously represented.[↗](../../variously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Yod is variously written in English letters as I, Y, or J, or sometimes le.[↗](../../variously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../variously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The relation they bear to each other is variously explained.[↗](../../variously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../variously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **varnish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Varnish is a clear liquid painted onto wood or other surfaces that dries to make a hard, shiny, protective layer.[↗](../../varnish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To varnish something is to paint it with varnish.[↗](../../varnish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Nail varnish (UK, Australia; US: nail polish) is coloured paint for fingernails and toenails.[↗](../../varnish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Varnish can also mean the polished outward show of good manners or looks that makes a person seem fine.[↗](../../varnish/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad put a coat of varnish on the table.[↗](../../varnish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We varnished our wooden boxes in DT.[↗](../../varnish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the varnish dry before touching it.[↗](../../varnish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister painted her nails with red nail varnish.[↗](../../varnish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Varnish protects the wood from water.[↗](../../varnish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Open a window when you use varnish.[↗](../../varnish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old varnish was cracked and peeling.[↗](../../varnish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be different from each other.[↗](../../vary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Prices vary from shop to shop."[↗](../../vary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To change, often again and again.[↗](../../vary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The weather varies a lot."[↗](../../vary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To change something on purpose to make it different.[↗](../../vary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Vary your exercises."[↗](../../vary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Prices vary from shop to shop.[↗](../../vary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The size of apples varies a lot.[↗](../../vary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Temperatures vary between day and night.[↗](../../vary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fair test, vary only one thing at a time.[↗](../../vary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to vary the food you eat.[↗](../../vary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "How long does it take?" "[↗](../../vary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") It varies."[↗](../../vary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal.[↗](../../vary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country.[↗](../../vary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yod Tzaddi Yod Resh Heh ; modes of transliteration vary with different authors.[↗](../../vary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed.[↗](../../vary/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vary/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **vas** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine, Latin) A tube or vessel in the body that carries fluid; mostly seen in vas deferens, the tube in a man's body that carries sperm.[↗](../../vas/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fragment of longer words such as vascular (to do with blood vessels) or canvas.[↗](../../vas/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (French) Vas is a form of the French verb aller, to go: tu vas means you go or you are going; vas-y means go on\![↗](../../vas/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like va to an English ear.[↗](../../vas/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word on its own.[↗](../../vas/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vas deferens is a tube in the male reproductive system.[↗](../../vas/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vascular plants have tubes that carry water.[↗](../../vas/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, comment vas-tu means how are you.[↗](../../vas/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Vas-y! means go on! in French.[↗](../../vas/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Vas is Latin for vessel.[↗](../../vas/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The word canvas ends with the letters vas.[↗](../../vas/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vascular** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vascular means to do with the tubes that carry blood in animals (blood vessels: arteries, veins and capillaries).[↗](../../vascular/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In plants, vascular means having tubes (xylem and phloem) that carry water and food through the plant.[↗](../../vascular/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your vascular system carries blood all round your body.[↗](../../vascular/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees are vascular plants with tubes that carry water up from the roots.[↗](../../vascular/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosses are non-vascular, so they stay small and grow in damp places.[↗](../../vascular/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the vascular bundles in a celery stick dyed with red ink.[↗](../../vascular/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad saw a vascular surgeon about the veins in his legs.[↗](../../vascular/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise keeps your heart and vascular system healthy.[↗](../../vascular/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vase is a container, often tall and pretty, for holding flowers in water.[↗](../../vase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A vase can also be an ornament that stands on its own.[↗](../../vase/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were 6 roses in the vase.[↗](../../vase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She put 24 flowers into 4 vases equally.[↗](../../vase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each vase holds 5 flowers.[↗](../../vase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many flowers are in the vase now?[↗](../../vase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill the vase with water.[↗](../../vase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat knocked over the vase.[↗](../../vase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's vase is very old.[↗](../../vase/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He painted a vase of sunflowers.[↗](../../vase/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The glass vase broke into pieces.[↗](../../vase/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She put the tulips in a blue vase.[↗](../../vase/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Why, I did not even know that the vase had olives in it\![↗](../../vase/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **vassal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vassal was, in old times, a person who served a lord and owed him loyalty and work.[↗](../../vassal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is an old word.[↗](../../vassal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vassal bowed before his lord.[↗](../../vassal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Katoda was a vassal who obeyed her mistress.[↗](../../vassal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vassals gave the king their loyalty.[↗](../../vassal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely large in size, amount or area.[↗](../../vast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The vast majority» means nearly all.[↗](../../vast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Pacific is a vast ocean.[↗](../../vast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Space is so vast that light takes years to cross it.[↗](../../vast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They walked across a vast, empty desert.[↗](../../vast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vast majority of the class passed the test.[↗](../../vast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A vast crowd filled the stadium.[↗](../../vast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The library has a vast number of books.[↗](../../vast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Empty, vast, and cold were the halls of the Snow Queen.[↗](../../vast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vastly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very much; to a very great degree.[↗](../../vastly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Over a very large area or amount.[↗](../../vastly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sun is vastly bigger than the Earth.[↗](../../vastly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My handwriting has vastly improved this term.[↗](../../vastly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two stories are vastly different.[↗](../../vastly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The defenders were vastly outnumbered by the attackers.[↗](../../vastly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A blue whale is vastly heavier than an elephant.[↗](../../vastly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Life today is vastly different from life in the Middle Ages.[↗](../../vastly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new game is vastly better than the old one.[↗](../../vastly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All this admiration vastly pleased the Queen.[↗](../../vastly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vastness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The quality of being extremely large, wide or huge.[↗](../../vastness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very large, empty area, such as a desert, an ocean or space.[↗](../../vastness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The astronaut stared out at the vastness of space.[↗](../../vastness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vastness of the ocean made the little boat seem tiny.[↗](../../vastness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were amazed by the vastness of the desert.[↗](../../vastness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the vastness of the Australian outback, there was no house for miles.[↗](../../vastness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vastness of the library made it easy to get lost.[↗](../../vastness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists still cannot imagine the vastness of the universe.[↗](../../vastness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Abyss ; the word is OUMQ for OMQ, a depth, vastness, or valley.[↗](../../vastness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vastness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vat is a very large tank or barrel for holding liquids, used in factories, breweries and dye works.[↗](../../vat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, money) VAT (value added tax) is a tax added to the price of most things you buy in shops; you say each letter, V-A-T, or «vat».[↗](../../vat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grapes are crushed in big wooden vats.[↗](../../vat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory had huge vats of chocolate.[↗](../../vat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers stirred the cloth in a vat of blue dye.[↗](../../vat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The price is fifty pounds plus VAT.[↗](../../vat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · VAT in the UK is usually twenty per cent of the price.[↗](../../vat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If a toy costs ten pounds before VAT at twenty per cent, it costs twelve pounds with VAT.[↗](../../vat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Books and children's clothes have no VAT in the UK.[↗](../../vat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats.[↗](../../vat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.[↗](../../vat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.[↗](../../vat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.[↗](../../vat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **vaudeville** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vaudeville is a light stage show with songs, jokes and short acts, popular long ago.[↗](../../vaudeville/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The theatre put on a vaudeville with funny songs.[↗](../../vaudeville/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a short vaudeville about a thief.[↗](../../vaudeville/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vaudeville had dancing and jokes.[↗](../../vaudeville/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vault** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vault is a strong, locked room for keeping money and treasure safe, as in a bank.[↗](../../vault/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A vault is a room under a church or building, sometimes used for burying people.[↗](../../vault/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A vault is an arched roof or ceiling.[↗](../../vault/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To vault is to jump over something, pushing off with your hands or with a pole; a vault is that jump.[↗](../../vault/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To vault can also mean to jump up onto something, such as a horse, using your hands to push off.[↗](../../vault/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gold was kept in a bank vault.[↗](../../vault/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She vaulted over the gate.[↗](../../vault/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In gymnastics, we jumped over the vault.[↗](../../vault/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pole vault champion cleared a high bar.[↗](../../vault/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The church had a high stone vault.[↗](../../vault/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The robbers could not open the vault.[↗](../../vault/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He placed his hands on the box and vaulted over.[↗](../../vault/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Jose thanked him, and vaulting on his horse they rode on to the river.[↗](../../vault/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 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