📖 V — The English dictionary · page 11

viewpoint — Everyday, meaning 1: A way of thinking about something; an opinion or point of view.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A high place from which you can see a wide view, often with a sign or bench.↗ Example: Write the fairy tale from the wolf's viewpoint.↗ · From my viewpoint, homework should be shorter.↗ · We stopped at a viewpoint to look at the lake.↗ · It helps to listen to other viewpoints.↗ · The viewpoint at the top of the hill has a telescope.↗ · The two newspapers gave different viewpoints on the story.↗

vigesimal — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Based on the number twenty, counting in twenties.↗ Example: According to the Sefer Yetzira the Hebrew alphabet con- sisting often double letters and twelve simple leters, representing the vigesimal and duodecimal systems of notation, still more fully symbolizes the universe.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

vigil — Everyday, meaning 1: A vigil is a time when you stay awake, especially at night, to watch over someone or something or to pray.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A vigil is a quiet gathering of people to remember someone or to show they care about something, often with candles.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) A vigil is a service on the evening before a holy day, such as the Easter Vigil.↗ Example: The family kept a vigil by Grandad's bed.↗ · People held a candlelit vigil for the victims.↗ · The Easter Vigil is held on Saturday night.↗ · The soldiers kept vigil at the gate.↗ · Rat and Mole kept vigil all night by the river.↗ · She kept a long vigil waiting for news.↗ · Then he passed his vigils in Brugeford Chapel, and at dawn of day took his post on the Worm's Rock in the River Wear.↗

vigor — Everyday, meaning 1: Vigor is strength and energy in the body or in growing things.↗ Example: He sanded the axe handle with gentle vigor.↗ · The old sailor's grandchildren were full of strength and vigor.↗ · The young plant grew with vigor in the sun.↗

vigorous — Everyday, meaning 1: Vigorous means strong, energetic and active.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Vigorous exercise makes you breathe hard and your heart beat fast.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Vigorous plants grow strongly and healthily.↗ Example: Running is a vigorous exercise.↗ · Children need vigorous play every day.↗ · Give the mixture a vigorous stir.↗ · The old man was still vigorous at eighty.↗ · They had a vigorous debate about school uniform.↗ · The tomato plants are vigorous this summer.↗ · A vigorous shake mixed the paint.↗ · He was feeling very vigorous indeed, and pranced around loftily, holding his head high.↗

vigorously — Everyday, meaning 1: With a lot of energy, force or strength.↗ Example: Shake the bottle vigorously before using.↗ · Stir the mixture vigorously for a minute.↗ · He nodded vigorously when asked if he wanted cake.↗ · We exercised vigorously in PE.↗ · She vigorously denied breaking the window.↗ · The dog wagged its tail vigorously.↗ · At the same moment he caught up a hatchet, and hammered away vigorously with the back of it at the awl.↗

vigour — Everyday, meaning 1: Vigour is great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the mind.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Vigour can describe healthy, strong growth of plants.↗ Example: He scrubbed the floor with great vigour.↗ · The old man still had the vigour of a young one.↗ · The team played with new vigour after half-time.↗ · The roses grew with vigour after the rain.↗ · She argued with vigour for her idea.↗ · The Rat rowed with vigour.↗ · Heracles now regained his former vigour.↗ · Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; (Writings PRO.5.9, JPS 1917)↗

vii — Everyday, meaning 1: VII is the Roman numeral for 7 (V = 5, plus I + I = 2).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is used in names of kings, queens and popes, like Henry VII, said «Henry the Seventh».↗ Example: VII means seven.↗ · Henry VII was the first Tudor king of England.↗ · The clock shows VII instead of 7.↗ · Chapter VII begins with a storm.↗ · V plus II makes VII.↗ · Edward VII was king after Queen Victoria.↗ · Write 7 in Roman numerals: VII.↗

viii — Everyday, meaning 1: The Roman numeral for 8.↗ Example: Henry VIII had six wives.↗ · The clock showed VIII for eight o'clock.↗ · Turn to chapter VIII.↗ · VIII is five plus three.↗ · Pope Urban VIII lived long ago.↗ · Write 8 in Roman numerals: VIII.↗

viking — Everyday, meaning 1: The Vikings were seafaring people from Scandinavia (now Norway, Denmark and Sweden) who long ago sailed far in longships to raid, trade, explore and settle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Viking means of or about the Vikings: «a Viking longship».↗ Example: The Vikings sailed across the sea in longships.↗ · Viking raiders attacked the monastery.↗ · The Vikings founded the city of Dublin.↗ · Thursday is named after the Viking god Thor.↗ · Many Vikings were farmers and traders.↗ · We wrote our names in Viking runes.↗ · Viking explorers reached North America long before Columbus.↗ · The Viking had landed with his men.↗

vile — Everyday, meaning 1: Vile means very nasty, disgusting or bad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) Vile can mean of low worth or mean.↗ Example: The vile smell came from the bin.↗ · The lion was angry with the vile gnat.↗ · The thief was a vile man who stole from the poor.↗ · And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it shall not be accepted.↗ (Torah LEV.19.7, JPS 1917)↗ · They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.↗ (Torah DEU.32.21, JPS 1917)↗ · The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.↗ (Prophets ISA.32.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe unto the vile prophets, that follow their own spirit, and things which they have not seen!↗ (Prophets EZK.13.3, JPS 1917)↗

vilely — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a very bad, shameful or disgusting way.↗ Example: A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.↗ (Writings PRO.13.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of choice fruits; for there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.21, JPS 1917)↗

vileness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Being very bad, wicked or shameful.↗ Example: The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.↗ (Writings PSA.12.9, JPS 1917)↗

villa — Everyday, meaning 1: A villa is a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the country or by the sea, especially in a warm place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In history, a Roman villa was a big country house and farm owned by a rich Roman family.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, a villa can be a house of a certain old style in a town.↗ Example: We stayed in a villa with a swimming pool.↗ · The Roman villa had a beautiful mosaic floor.↗ · Rich Romans lived in villas in the countryside.↗ · The villa looked out over the sea.↗ · Archaeologists found the remains of a villa under the field.↗ · Our holiday villa had a lemon tree in the garden.↗

village — Everyday, meaning 1: A village is a small group of houses and people in the country, smaller than a town.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The village can also mean all the people who live there.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A «global village» means the whole world feels close because people can talk across it.↗ Example: The village has 85 houses.↗ · 320 people live in the village.↗ · The next village is 7 km away.↗ · Two villages have 150 and 230 people.↗ · Grandma lives in a quiet village by the river.↗ · The whole village came to the summer fair.↗ · The village shop sells bread, milk and stamps.↗ · In the story, a dragon flew over the sleeping village.↗ · Many villages in the valley have fewer than 500 people.↗ · In the village all were still asleep.↗ · And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.↗ (Torah NUM.32.41, JPS 1917)↗ · And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.↗ (Torah NUM.32.42, JPS 1917)↗ · these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.↗ (Torah GEN.25.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Ekron, with its towns and its villages; (Prophets JOS.15.45, JPS 1917)↗ · Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.↗ (Prophets JOS.15.57, JPS 1917)↗ · and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: (Prophets JOS.19.6, JPS 1917)↗

villager — Everyday, meaning 1: A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside.↗ Example: The villagers gathered in the square to hear the news.↗ · Every villager helped to build the new bridge.↗ · In the story, the villagers were afraid of the dragon.↗ · The villagers sold eggs and honey at the market.↗ · 120 villagers share 4 wells equally, so 30 villagers use each well.↗ · A friendly villager showed us the way.↗ · His cries for help soon brought the villagers running.↗

villain — Everyday, meaning 1: A villain is a bad character in a story, play or film who does evil things and fights against the hero.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who does wrong or harmful things; a criminal.↗ Example: The villain wanted to steal the crown.↗ · Every good story needs a hero and a villain.↗ · The villain laughed an evil laugh.↗ · Describe your villain using strong adjectives.↗ · The police caught the villain.↗ · In the pantomime, everyone boos the villain.↗ · "Villain!" shouted all the Pygmies at once.↗

villainous — Everyday, meaning 1: Villainous means very wicked, like a villain in a story; looking like a crook.↗ Example: The villainous wolf crept towards the cottage.↗ · The pirates had villainous faces.↗ · A villainous song rang out from the ship.↗

villainy — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Wicked or evil behaviour.↗

vindicated — Everyday, meaning 1: Shown to be right after other people doubted you or blamed you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cleared of blame or suspicion, so that people now know you did nothing wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Feeling happy and proud because you have been proved right.↗ Example: When the lost money was found, Tom was vindicated.↗ · The scientist was vindicated when the experiment worked.↗ · She felt vindicated when the answer turned out to be the one she had said.↗ · The new evidence vindicated the man who was wrongly accused.↗ · Our team's plan was vindicated when we won the match.↗ · Everyone laughed at his idea, but he was vindicated in the end.↗

vindictive — Everyday, meaning 1: Vindictive means wanting to get back at someone and hurt them for a wrong done to you.↗ Example: The vindictive witch cursed the prince.↗ · Her father spoke with a vindictive smile.↗ · Don't be vindictive; forgive him.↗

vine — Everyday, meaning 1: A vine is a plant with a long, thin, bendy stem that climbs up walls, fences or trees, or spreads along the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A grapevine, the plant that grapes grow on.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the jungle, a vine is a long hanging plant stem that animals (and people in stories) can swing on.↗ Example: Ivy is a vine that climbs up the old brick wall.↗ · Grapes grow in bunches on a vine.↗ · Pumpkins grow on long vines that spread across the ground.↗ · The monkey swung from one vine to the next.↗ · Bean vines curl around the poles in our garden.↗ · Vines use thin curly tendrils to hold on.↗ · Don't pull the vine, or the whole plant may come down.↗ · I heard on the grapevine that we're getting a new teacher.↗ · The field was full of vines heavy with grapes.↗ · Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.↗ (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917)↗ · a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; (Torah GEN.40.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.↗ (Writings PSA.78.47, JPS 1917)↗ · The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.↗ (Prophets ISA.24.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917)↗

vinegar — Everyday, meaning 1: Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning.↗ Example: I like salt and vinegar on my chips.↗ · Vinegar tastes sour.↗ · Mix vinegar and baking soda to make a fizzing volcano.↗ · Vinegar is an acid.↗ · Gherkins are kept in vinegar.↗ · Grandma cleans the windows with vinegar.↗ · Turn the litmus paper red with vinegar.↗ · Fred, I must pour out the vinegar, it is so heavy."↗ · he shall abstain from wine and strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.↗ (Torah NUM.6.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.↗ (Writings PSA.69.22, JPS 1917)↗ · As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.↗ (Writings PRO.10.26, JPS 1917)↗ · As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.↗ (Writings PRO.25.20, JPS 1917)↗