--- title: V — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 284 words of the school 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/school/V/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / V # V — The school dictionary The words of the school dictionary under V: 284 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/) **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/page/3/) - [va](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/va/) — VA is short for Virginia, a state in the United States, in addresses. — 11 sentences - [vacancy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacancy/) — A vacancy is a job that is free and waiting for someone to fill it. — 9 sentences - [vacant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacant/) — Vacant means empty, not being used or lived in: a vacant seat, a vacant house. — 11 sentences - [vacate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacate/) — To vacate a place is to leave it so that it is empty for someone else. — 9 sentences - [vacation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacation/) — A holiday: a time away from school or work, often travelling somewhere for fun. — 12 sentences - [vaccinate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinate/) — To give a person or animal a vaccine, usually by injection, so that their body learns to fight a disease before catching it. — 7 sentences - [vaccinated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinated/) — Given a vaccine, a medicine, usually by an injection, that teaches the body to fight a disease before you catch it. — 7 sentences - [vaccinating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/) — Vaccinating means giving someone a vaccine, usually by an injection, to protect them from a disease. — 8 sentences - [vaccination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/) — A vaccination is an injection or medicine that protects you from a disease by teaching your body to fight it. — 9 sentences - [vaccine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccine/) — A vaccine is a medicine, usually given as an injection, that teaches your body to fight a particular disease, so you do not get very ill f… — 9 sentences - [vacuum](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vacuum/) — A vacuum cleaner: a machine that sucks up dust and dirt from floors and carpets. — 12 sentences - [vagabond](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/) — A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp. — 5 sentences - [vague](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vague/) — Vague means not clear or exact: a vague answer, vague directions. — 10 sentences - [vaguely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/) — Vaguely means in a way that is not clear or exact. — 8 sentences - [vagueness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagueness/) — Vagueness is when something is not clear or exact, so you cannot tell the details. — 4 sentences - [vain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vain/) — Too proud of your looks, cleverness or what you have. — 10 sentences - [vainly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vainly/) — Without success; in vain: he tried vainly to open the door. — 9 sentences - [vale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vale/) — A vale is a valley, a low green piece of land between hills. It is a poetic and old-fashioned word. — 5 sentences - [valediction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valediction/) — A valediction is the act of saying goodbye, or the words you use to say goodbye. — 8 sentences - [valentine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valentine/) — A valentine is a card or small gift sent on Valentine's Day to show love or liking, often without signing your name. — 10 sentences - [valerian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valerian/) — Valerian is a tall wild plant with small sweet-smelling pink or white flowers that grows by rivers and in damp places. — 8 sentences - [valet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valet/) — A valet is a manservant who looks after a rich man's clothes and needs. It is an old-fashioned word. — 5 sentences - [valhalla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valhalla/) — Valhalla is the great hall in the old Norse (Viking) myths where the god Odin welcomed warriors who died bravely in battle. — 8 sentences - [valiant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valiant/) — Valiant means very brave, not afraid of danger. It is a word for heroes. — 5 sentences - [valiantly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valiantly/) — Valiantly means in a brave way, bravely, not giving up when in danger. — 4 sentences - [valid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valid/) — Valid means officially acceptable and able to be used, for example because it has not run out: «a valid ticket», «a valid passport». — 10 sentences - [validity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validity/) — Validity is how true, fair or correct something is, for example an argument or a test. — 8 sentences - [validly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/) — Validly means in a way that is valid: officially correct, accepted by the rules or the law. — 9 sentences - [valley](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valley/) — A valley is a low area of land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it. — 11 sentences - [valor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valor/) — Valor is great bravery, especially in battle or a fight. It is the American spelling of valour. — 5 sentences - [valorous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valorous/) — Valorous means very brave, especially in battle. — 7 sentences - [valour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valour/) — Great courage, especially in battle or danger. — 9 sentences - [valuable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuable/) — Valuable means worth a lot of money. — 11 sentences - [valuation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valuation/) — A valuation is an expert's decision about how much money something is worth. — 8 sentences - [value](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/value/) — Value is how much something is worth in money. — 15 sentences - [valve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/valve/) — A valve is a part that opens and closes to control how a liquid or gas flows through a pipe or tube. — 9 sentences - [vampire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/) — In stories and legends, a vampire is a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of living people. — 11 sentences - [van](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/van/) — A van is a vehicle bigger than a car and smaller than a truck, used for carrying people or goods. — 12 sentences - [vandal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandal/) — A vandal is a person who deliberately damages or destroys property. — 8 sentences - [vandalism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vandalism/) — Damaging or destroying other people's property or public things on purpose, such as breaking windows or spraying paint. — 7 sentences - [vane](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/) — A weather vane is a pointer on top of a building that turns in the wind to show which way the wind is blowing. — 8 sentences - [vanilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanilla/) — Vanilla is a sweet flavour that comes from the seed pods of a kind of orchid plant. — 9 sentences - [vanish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanish/) — To vanish means to disappear suddenly or in a way you cannot explain. — 10 sentences - [vanishing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanishing/) — Disappearing suddenly or completely, so you cannot see it any more. — 11 sentences - [vanity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanity/) — Being too proud of how you look or what you can do; caring too much about being admired. — 10 sentences - [vanquish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanquish/) — To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest. It is a stronger word than beat. — 5 sentences - [vantage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vantage/) — A position that gives you a good view or an advantage: «a vantage point» is a high or good place to watch from. — 9 sentences - [vape](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vape/) — To breathe in and out the vapour (mist) from an electronic cigarette. — 9 sentences - [vapor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vapor/) — Vapor is a mist or gas made when water or another liquid heats up, like steam. — 4 sentences - [vaporise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaporise/) — To turn a liquid or a solid into a gas or vapour, usually by heating it. — 10 sentences - [vapour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vapour/) — Vapour is a gas made when a liquid is heated or evaporates, especially water vapour. — 11 sentences - [vaquita](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/) — A very small porpoise that lives only in the northern Gulf of California, in Mexico, and is the most endangered sea mammal in the world. — 7 sentences - [var](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/var/) — In computer programming, «var» is a short keyword for «variable», a named box that holds a value (used in JavaScript and other languages). — 10 sentences - [variable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variable/) — Changing often or able to change: variable weather. — 10 sentences - [variance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variance/) — Variance is difference or disagreement. The phrase «at variance» means not in agreement with someone or something. — 5 sentences - [variant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variant/) — A slightly different form or version of something, such as a different spelling of a word or a different version of a game. — 10 sentences - [variation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variation/) — A change or difference in amount or level: variation in temperature. — 11 sentences - [varicella](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/varicella/) — The proper medical name for chickenpox, a common illness that gives an itchy rash of spots and blisters, mostly in children. — 8 sentences - [varied](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/varied/) — Varied means made of many different kinds, as in a varied diet. — 9 sentences - [variegated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/) — Variegated leaves or flowers have patches, stripes or edges of different colours, often green and white or yellow. — 9 sentences - [variety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variety/) — Variety means having many different kinds of things, not all the same: a menu with variety has lots of choices. — 13 sentences - [various](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/various/) — Several different; of different kinds. — 11 sentences - [variously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/) — In different ways, or by different people at different times. — 9 sentences - [varnish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/varnish/) — Varnish is a clear liquid painted onto wood or other surfaces that dries to make a hard, shiny, protective layer. — 11 sentences - [vary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vary/) — To be different from each other. — 14 sentences - [vas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vas/) — 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. — 11 sentences - [vascular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vascular/) — Vascular means to do with the tubes that carry blood in animals (blood vessels: arteries, veins and capillaries). — 8 sentences - [vase](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vase/) — A vase is a container, often tall and pretty, for holding flowers in water. — 13 sentences - [vassal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/) — A vassal was, in old times, a person who served a lord and owed him loyalty and work. It is an old word. — 5 sentences - [vast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/) — Extremely large in size, amount or area. — 9 sentences - [vastly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vastly/) — Very much; to a very great degree. — 10 sentences - [vastness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vastness/) — The quality of being extremely large, wide or huge. — 8 sentences - [vat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/) — A vat is a very large tank or barrel for holding liquids, used in factories, breweries and dye works. — 10 sentences - [vaudeville](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaudeville/) — A vaudeville is a light stage show with songs, jokes and short acts, popular long ago. — 4 sentences - [vault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vault/) — A vault is a strong, locked room for keeping money and treasure safe, as in a bank. — 13 sentences - [veal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veal/) — Veal is the meat from a young calf (a baby cow), used as food. — 8 sentences - [veau](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veau/) — «Veau» is the French word for a calf (a baby cow), and also for veal, the meat of a calf. — 9 sentences - [veg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/) — Veg is short for vegetable or vegetables: meat and two veg, fruit and veg. — 8 sentences - [vegan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegan/) — A vegan is a person who does not eat or use anything that comes from animals: no meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs or honey, and often no lea… — 9 sentences - [vegetable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/) — A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant we eat, like a carrot, potato, cabbage or bean. — 12 sentences - [vegetarian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/) — A vegetarian is a person who does not eat meat or fish. — 9 sentences - [vegetarianism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarianism/) — Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat or fish. — 7 sentences - [vegetation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetation/) — Vegetation means all the plants that grow in a place, such as trees, bushes, grass and flowers, taken together. — 11 sentences - [veggie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/) — A vegetable. — 9 sentences - [vehement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehement/) — Vehement means showing very strong feeling, especially when arguing or disagreeing: «a vehement protest». — 8 sentences - [vehemently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehemently/) — Vehemently means with very strong feeling, especially when disagreeing or denying something. — 7 sentences - [vehicle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vehicle/) — A vehicle is something that carries people or things from place to place, like a car, bus, truck, train or bike. — 11 sentences - [veil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veil/) — A piece of thin cloth worn over the head or face, for example by a bride at a wedding or by some women for religious reasons. — 13 sentences - [vein](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vein/) — A vein is a tube in the body that carries blood back to the heart. — 13 sentences - [velcro](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velcro/) — Velcro is a fastener made of two strips: one with tiny hooks and one with tiny loops, which stick together when pressed and pull apart wit… — 8 sentences - [veld](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/) — Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa. — 7 sentences - [veldt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veldt/) — The wide, open grassland of southern Africa, with few trees, where animals like zebras, giraffes and antelope live. — 7 sentences - [vellum](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vellum/) — Vellum is thick, smooth writing material made from the skin of an animal, used for old books and documents. — 4 sentences - [velociraptor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velociraptor/) — A velociraptor was a small, fast, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia and China; it ran on two legs, had feathers and… — 9 sentences - [velocity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velocity/) — Velocity is speed in a particular direction. — 8 sentences - [velodrome](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/) — A building or arena with a steeply sloping oval track for bicycle racing. — 7 sentences - [velvet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velvet/) — A soft cloth with a thick, short, fluffy surface on one side, often used for fancy clothes, curtains and cushions. — 10 sentences - [velveteen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velveteen/) — Velveteen is a soft cloth like velvet, made of cotton, often used for toys and clothes. — 4 sentences - [velvety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velvety/) — Velvety means soft and smooth like velvet cloth: «velvety petals». — 10 sentences - [vendetta](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/) — A long, bitter quarrel between two families in which they keep taking revenge on each other, sometimes violently. — 8 sentences **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/page/3/) - ← previous: [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/) - next →: [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) - ↑ back to [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/)