--- title: V — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 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/page/2/) [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 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/page/3/) - [vending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vending/) — Vending means selling, especially selling things from a machine. — 8 sentences - [vendor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/) — A vendor is a person or company that sells something. — 9 sentences - [venerable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerable/) — Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age. — 4 sentences - [venerate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venerate/) — To venerate someone or something is to treat them with very deep respect. — 9 sentences - [veneration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veneration/) — Veneration is deep respect and honour shown to someone or something holy, great or very old. — 3 sentences - [venetian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/) — From or to do with Venice, a city in Italy built on water with canals instead of streets. — 9 sentences - [vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vengeance/) — Vengeance is harming someone because they have harmed you or someone you love; revenge. — 9 sentences - [venison](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venison/) — Venison is the meat of a deer, eaten as food. — 3 sentences - [venom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venom/) — Venom is a poison that some animals, like snakes, spiders, scorpions and bees, put into a victim by biting or stinging. — 9 sentences - [venomous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/) — A venomous animal can put poison (venom) into you by biting or stinging, like some snakes, spiders, scorpions and jellyfish. — 10 sentences - [vent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vent/) — A vent is a small opening that lets air, smoke, steam or gas go in or out, like an air vent in a room or a car. — 12 sentences - [ventilated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/ventilated/) — Ventilated means having fresh air moving through it. — 8 sentences - [ventilation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/ventilation/) — The movement of fresh air into a room or building and stale air out. — 8 sentences - [venting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/) — Venting is letting out strong feelings, especially anger or frustration, by talking or shouting about them. — 8 sentences - [ventriloquism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/ventriloquism/) — Ventriloquism is the skill of speaking without moving your lips, so the voice seems to come from somewhere else, usually a puppet or dummy… — 7 sentences - [venture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venture/) — To venture means to go somewhere that may be unknown, risky or a bit dangerous: «We ventured into the cave.». — 12 sentences - [venue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venue/) — A venue is the place where an event happens, such as a concert, match, party, meeting or competition. — 7 sentences - [veracity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veracity/) — Truth or accuracy: whether something is true. — 8 sentences - [veranda](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veranda/) — A veranda is a open floor along the outside of a house, with a roof over it, where people sit in the warm. — 3 sentences - [verandah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verandah/) — A verandah is the same as a veranda: a roofed floor along the outside of a house, used for sitting outdoors. — 3 sentences - [verb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verb/) — A verb is a word that tells what someone or something does, like «run», «eat» or «think». — 12 sentences - [verbal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbal/) — Verbal means spoken in words, not written down: a verbal warning, a verbal agreement. — 12 sentences - [verbatim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/) — Verbatim means in exactly the same words as were used originally, word for word. — 7 sentences - [verdant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verdant/) — Verdant means green and full of growing plants and grass. — 8 sentences - [verdict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verdict/) — The decision of a jury or judge in a court case, such as «guilty» or «not guilty». — 9 sentences - [verdure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verdure/) — Verdure is fresh green plants, grass and leaves growing thickly over the land. — 3 sentences - [verge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verge/) — A verge is the strip of grass beside a road or path. — 11 sentences - [verifiable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verifiable/) — Verifiable means able to be checked and shown to be true or false. — 7 sentences - [verification](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verification/) — Checking that something is true, correct or real. — 8 sentences - [verified](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verified/) — Checked and shown to be true or correct: the answer was verified. — 10 sentences - [verifier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verifier/) — A person who checks that something is true, correct or real. — 8 sentences - [verify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verify/) — To check that something is true or correct: verify your answer. — 11 sentences - [verily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verily/) — Verily means truly or really, used to show that you mean what you say. — 3 sentences - [veritable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veritable/) — Veritable means real, true, and worthy of the name, often used to praise or to show surprise. — 3 sentences - [vermin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vermin/) — Vermin are small animals, such as rats, mice or insects, that spread disease or spoil food and are hated by people. — 3 sentences - [verruca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verruca/) — A verruca is a small hard wart on the bottom of the foot, caused by a virus. — 8 sentences - [verse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/) — Verse is writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often rhythm and rhyme. — 11 sentences - [version](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/version/) — A version is one form of something that is a little different from other forms of it: «a new version of the game». — 11 sentences - [verst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verst/) — A verst is an old Russian measure of distance, a little more than a kilometre. — 3 sentences - [vertebra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertebra/) — A vertebra is one of the small bones that are linked together to make the backbone (spine). — 8 sentences - [vertebrate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertebrate/) — An animal that has a backbone (a spine), like fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. — 7 sentences - [vertical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertical/) — Vertical means going straight up and down, at a right angle to the flat ground, like a wall or a flagpole. — 9 sentences - [vertically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertically/) — In an up-and-down direction, straight up, at a right angle to the ground. — 8 sentences - [vertigo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertigo/) — Vertigo is a dizzy feeling, as if the world is spinning or you might fall, often when you look down from a high place. — 3 sentences - [vervet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vervet/) — A vervet is a small African monkey with a grey-green or silvery coat, a black face fringed with white fur and a long tail. — 9 sentences - [very](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/) — Very makes a word stronger. Very big means more than just big. — 14 sentences - [vessel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/) — A ship or large boat. — 12 sentences - [vest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vest/) — In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a piece of underwear without sleeves worn under a shirt (in the USA called an "undershirt"… — 11 sentences - [vestal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestal/) — A vestal, or Vestal Virgin, was a priestess in ancient Rome who kept the sacred fire of the goddess Vesta burning. — 4 sentences - [vestibule](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestibule/) — A vestibule is a small hall or porch just inside the front door of a building, before you reach the main rooms. — 3 sentences - [vestige](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestige/) — A vestige is a small part or trace that is left of something that used to be bigger or used to exist: «the last vestiges of the castle». — 9 sentences - [vestigial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestigial/) — Describing a part of a body that is still there but has become small or useless over a very long time, such as the tiny leg bones inside s… — 8 sentences - [vestment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestment/) — A vestment is a long robe or piece of clothing worn by a priest or other church person during a religious service or ceremony. — 2 sentences - [vet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vet/) — A vet (veterinarian in the USA, veterinary surgeon in the UK) is an animal doctor who looks after sick or injured animals. — 11 sentences - [veteran](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veteran/) — A veteran is a person who has served in the armed forces, especially someone who fought in a war. — 9 sentences - [veterinarian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinarian/) — A veterinarian is a doctor who looks after sick and injured animals and helps keep them healthy. — 8 sentences - [veterinary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/) — To do with the medical care and treatment of animals: a veterinary clinic. — 11 sentences - [veto](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veto/) — A veto is the right of one person or group to stop a decision or law, even if others agree with it. — 11 sentences - [vex](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vex/) — To annoy, worry or upset someone, especially about small things. — 10 sentences - [vexation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vexation/) — A feeling of being annoyed, frustrated or worried. — 9 sentences - [vexatious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vexatious/) — Vexatious means annoying and troublesome, causing worry or bother again and again. — 5 sentences - [vi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vi/) — The Roman numeral for 6. — 9 sentences - [vibe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibe/) — A vibe is the feeling or mood a place, person or thing gives you. — 10 sentences - [vibes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibes/) — Vibes are the feelings or mood that a place, person, song or situation gives you: good vibes, bad vibes, cosy vibes. — 12 sentences - [vibrate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrate/) — To move quickly and gently backwards and forwards or from side to side, many times a second; to shake slightly. — 8 sentences - [vibration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibration/) — A quick small shaking movement backwards and forwards. — 8 sentences - [vibrato](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vibrato/) — Vibrato is a quick, small wobble up and down in the pitch of a note, made by a singer or a player of a string or wind instrument to make t… — 7 sentences - [vicar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/) — A vicar is a priest in charge of a church and its local area (parish), especially in the Church of England. — 8 sentences - [vice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vice/) — A bad habit or a wrong way of behaving. — 11 sentences - [viceroy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/) — A viceroy is a person sent by a king or queen to rule a country or colony in their name. — 9 sentences - [vicinity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicinity/) — The vicinity is the area near or around a place. — 8 sentences - [vicious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicious/) — Cruel and wanting to hurt; violent: a vicious attack. — 11 sentences - [victim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/) — A person or animal that is hurt, killed or harmed by someone else, an accident or an illness: a victim of a crime. — 11 sentences - [victor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victor/) — A victor is the winner of a battle, game or contest (formal). — 8 sentences - [victorian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victorian/) — From the time when Queen Victoria ruled Britain, from 1837 to 1901. — 11 sentences - [victorious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victorious/) — Having won a battle, game or competition. — 9 sentences - [victory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victory/) — A victory is winning a game, race, contest, battle or war. — 10 sentences - [victuals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victuals/) — Food and drink, especially supplies of food for a journey or for many people. — 9 sentences - [vicuna](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicuna/) — A vicuna is a wild South American animal related to the llama and alpaca; it is small, slim and light brown, and lives high in the Andes m… — 8 sentences - [video](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/video/) — Moving pictures with sound recorded and watched on a screen. — 11 sentences - [vie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vie/) — To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete. — 4 sentences - [vietnamese](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vietnamese/) — From or to do with Vietnam, a country in South-East Asia. — 9 sentences - [view](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/view/) — What you can see from a place, especially a beautiful scene (a view of the sea). — 15 sentences - [viewers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/) — Viewers are people who watch television, a video or a show. — 9 sentences - [viewing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewing/) — A viewing is an occasion when you look at something, especially a house you might buy or rent, a film, or a show. — 12 sentences - [viewpoint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewpoint/) — A way of thinking about something; an opinion or point of view. — 8 sentences - [vigil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigil/) — A vigil is a time when you stay awake, especially at night, to watch over someone or something or to pray. — 10 sentences - [vigor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigor/) — Vigor is strength and energy in the body or in growing things. — 4 sentences - [vigorous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorous/) — Vigorous means strong, energetic and active. — 11 sentences - [vigorously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigorously/) — With a lot of energy, force or strength. — 8 sentences - [vigour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/) — Vigour is great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the mind. — 9 sentences - [vii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vii/) — VII is the Roman numeral for 7 (V = 5, plus I + I = 2). — 9 sentences - [viii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viii/) — The Roman numeral for 8. — 7 sentences - [viking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viking/) — The Vikings were seafaring people from Scandinavia (now Norway, Denmark and Sweden) who long ago sailed far in longships to raid, trade, e… — 10 sentences - [vile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vile/) — Vile means very nasty, disgusting or bad. — 5 sentences - [villa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villa/) — A villa is a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the country or by the sea, especially in a warm place. — 9 sentences - [village](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/village/) — A village is a small group of houses and people in the country, smaller than a town. — 13 sentences - [villager](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villager/) — A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside. — 8 sentences - [villain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/) — A villain is a bad character in a story, play or film who does evil things and fights against the hero. — 9 sentences - [villainous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/) — Villainous means very wicked, like a villain in a story; looking like a crook. — 4 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/page/3/)