📖 V — The English dictionary · page 12

vineyard — Everyday, meaning 1: A vineyard is a piece of land where grapevines are grown, usually to make wine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible) In Jesus' parables, a vineyard is often a picture of God's people or the world, as in the parable of the workers in the vineyard.↗ Example: Rows of grapes grew in the sunny vineyard.↗ · We visited a vineyard on our holiday in France.↗ · The workers picked grapes in the vineyard.↗ · In the parable, every worker in the vineyard got the same pay.↗ · South Australia has many famous vineyards.↗ · Vineyards often grow on hillsides that face the sun.↗ · Naboth's vineyard is an Old Testament story about greed.↗ · The land stretched out, world-wide, with vineyards, forests and great cities.↗ · And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.↗ (Torah GEN.9.20, JPS 1917)↗ · In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.↗ (Torah EXO.23.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.↗ (Torah LEV.25.3, JPS 1917)↗ · My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; (Prophets ISA.5.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.↗ (Writings PSA.107.37, JPS 1917)↗ · In that day sing ye of her: 'A vineyard of foaming wine!'↗ (Prophets ISA.27.2, JPS 1917)↗

vintage — Everyday, meaning 1: Vintage things are old but of good quality and valued, from an earlier time: vintage clothes, a vintage car.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The vintage of a wine is the year or season when its grapes were picked, and the wine made from them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Vintage can mean typical of someone at their best: that joke was vintage Grandpa.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Vintage can also mean the harvest time, when grapes are picked from the vines.↗ Example: Mum bought a vintage dress from the charity shop.↗ · We saw vintage cars at the show.↗ · Her vintage teddy bear is older than Grandma.↗ · This wine is a very good vintage.↗ · That silly dance was vintage Dad.↗ · Vintage toys can be worth a lot of money.↗ · A VINE was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes.↗ · And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread until ye have enough, and dwell in your land safely.↗ (Torah LEV.26.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?↗ (Prophets JDG.8.2, JPS 1917)↗ · After a year and days shall ye be troubled, ye confident women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.↗ (Prophets ISA.32.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine.↗ (Prophets MIC.6.15, JPS 1917)↗

viola — Everyday, meaning 1: A viola is a string instrument like a violin but a little bigger, with a deeper, warmer sound; it is played with a bow and held under the chin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A viola is also a small garden flower, like a little pansy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Viola is a girl's name, as in Shakespeare's «Twelfth Night» (a name).↗ Example: I play the viola in the school orchestra.↗ · The viola is a bit bigger than the violin and sounds deeper.↗ · Viola players read music in the alto clef.↗ · We planted purple violas in the school garden.↗ · In the string family, the viola sits between the violin and the cello.↗ · Viola is the heroine of a play by Shakespeare.↗

violated — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Broke a rule or law, or treated something holy without respect.↗ Example: The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.↗ (Prophets ISA.24.5, JPS 1917)↗

violation — Everyday, meaning 1: A violation is breaking a rule, law or promise; an act that goes against what is allowed.↗ Example: It is a violation of school rules to run in the corridor.↗ · The boy was guilty of a violation of the family code.↗ · Breaking a promise is a violation of trust.↗

violence — Everyday, meaning 1: Violence is behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or kill someone or to damage something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Violence is great force or strength, as in a storm: «the violence of the wind».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Violence can also mean strong, wild anger or feeling.↗ Example: Violence is never the answer.↗ · The film is rated 12 because of violence.↗ · Tell an adult if you see violence at school.↗ · The storm hit the coast with great violence.↗ · The police stopped the violence.↗ · Schools teach ways to solve problems without violence.↗ · The volcano erupted with terrible violence.↗ · Such mistrust, such violence, would cause them both great unhappiness.↗ · Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.↗ (Torah GEN.49.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.↗ (Torah GEN.6.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And God said unto Noah: 'The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.6.13, JPS 1917)↗ · I cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save.↗ (Prophets HAB.1.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.↗ (Writings JOB.16.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.↗ (Writings PRO.3.31, JPS 1917)↗

violent — Everyday, meaning 1: Violent means using strong physical force to hurt or damage people or things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Violent can describe something very strong and sudden in nature, such as a violent storm or a violent earthquake.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Violent can describe very strong feelings or actions: a violent temper, a violent cough.↗ Example: A violent storm knocked down trees.↗ · Hitting is violent and is not allowed at school.↗ · The volcano had a violent eruption.↗ · That film is too violent for young children.↗ · He had a violent coughing fit.↗ · If someone is violent towards you, tell a trusted adult.↗ · Then the man fell into a violent rage.↗ · Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man; (Writings PSA.140.2, JPS 1917)↗ · A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.↗ (Writings PSA.140.12, JPS 1917)↗ · As for the doings of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.↗ (Writings PSA.17.4, JPS 1917)↗

violently — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that uses strong physical force to hurt or damage: he pushed the door violently.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very strongly or suddenly: the ground shook violently.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Very much, to an extreme degree: they disagreed violently; she was violently sick.↗ Example: The volcano erupted violently and threw ash into the sky.↗ · The boat rocked violently in the storm.↗ · The dog shook violently after its bath.↗ · Sodium reacts violently with water, so we only watch a video of it.↗ · She was violently sick after eating bad prawns.↗ · The two teams disagreed violently about the rules.↗ · He slammed the gate violently and broke the latch.↗ · The wind still blew violently on the coast.↗ · And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.↗ (Torah GEN.21.25, JPS 1917)↗ · There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.↗ (Writings JOB.24.2, JPS 1917)↗ · For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.↗ (Writings JOB.20.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?↗ (Prophets HAB.2.7, JPS 1917)↗

violet — Everyday, meaning 1: Violet is a bluish-purple colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A violet is a small plant with purple, blue or white flowers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «A shrinking violet» (informal) is a very shy person.↗ Example: Violet is the last colour of the rainbow.↗ · The violets in the woods smell sweet.↗ · She wore a violet dress.↗ · Mix blue and red to make violet.↗ · Ultraviolet light from the sun can burn your skin.↗ · He is no shrinking violet; he loves performing.↗ · The sky turned violet at sunset.↗ · The violets gushed up along the wayside.↗

violin — Everyday, meaning 1: A violin is a musical instrument made of wood with four strings, which you hold under your chin and play with a bow or by plucking.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The violin also means the part a violinist plays in a band or orchestra («She plays first violin»).↗ Example: My sister plays the violin in the school orchestra.↗ · He practises the violin for twenty minutes every evening.↗ · The violin has four strings.↗ · You draw the bow across the strings to make a sound.↗ · A violin is smaller than a cello.↗ · She carried her violin in a black case.↗ · The violin sounded sad and beautiful.↗ · When you press a string down, the note gets higher.↗ · When this was done, she called to a man who was waiting with a violin.↗

violinist — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who plays the violin, a stringed musical instrument held under the chin and played with a bow.↗ Example: My sister is a violinist in the school orchestra.↗ · The violinist played a sad tune on the street.↗ · A violinist needs to practise every day.↗ · The orchestra had twenty violinists.↗ · The violinist tucked the violin under her chin and lifted the bow.↗ · Mozart's father was a violinist and a music teacher.↗

vip — Everyday, meaning 1: A VIP is a «very important person»: someone famous or important who gets special treatment, such as a celebrity, a leader or an honoured guest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «VIP» describes special areas, tickets or treatment for such people.↗ e.g. VIP seats, VIP lounge, VIP pass.↗ Example: The VIPs sat in the front row at the concert.↗ · We got VIP treatment at Grandma's birthday.↗ · The mayor was a VIP guest at sports day.↗ · VIP tickets cost £50 and standard tickets cost £20.↗ · Only people with a VIP pass could go backstage.↗ · I was class VIP this week and fed the fish.↗

viper — Everyday, meaning 1: A viper is a kind of venomous snake with long fangs that fold back, such as the adder.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned) A viper is a wicked, treacherous person who betrays others.↗ Example: The adder is a kind of viper.↗ · Vipers have long fangs that fold back.↗ · Rattlesnakes are vipers from America.↗ · If a viper bites you, get help straight away.↗ · In the story, the king's adviser was a viper.↗ · A viper basked on the warm rocks.↗ · While thus looking upwards, he unknowingly trod upon a Viper asleep just before his feet.↗ · He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.↗ (Writings JOB.20.16, JPS 1917)↗ · They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips.↗ (Writings PSA.140.4, JPS 1917)↗ · They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.↗ (Prophets ISA.59.5, JPS 1917)↗

viral — Everyday, meaning 1: Viral means caused by a virus: «a viral infection».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: If something online goes viral, it spreads very fast as huge numbers of people share it.↗ Example: He has a viral infection, not a bacterial one.↗ · Antibiotics don't cure viral illnesses.↗ · The cat video went viral.↗ · A viral post can spread to millions in a day.↗ · Check the facts before sharing a viral story.↗ · Flu is a viral disease.↗ · Once something goes viral, you can't delete it from everywhere.↗

virgin — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus; Christians believe she conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit while still a virgin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A virgin is a person who has never had sex.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, virgin means never used, touched or spoiled, as in "virgin snow" or "virgin rainforest".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Extra virgin olive oil is the purest, best kind, made from the first pressing of olives.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Virgin can also mean pure and unmixed, with nothing else added.↗ Example: (church) At Christmas we sing about Jesus being born of the Virgin Mary.↗ · There is a statue of the Virgin Mary in our church.↗ · We were the first to walk on the virgin snow.↗ · Virgin rainforest has never been cut down by people.↗ · Mum cooks with extra virgin olive oil.↗ · (Bible) Matthew's Gospel says Mary was a virgin when Jesus was born.↗ · The Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean.↗ · There was gold, pure virgin gold in that blessed kiss.↗ · If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.↗ (Torah EXO.22.17, JPS 1917)↗ · and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself.↗ (Torah LEV.21.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.↗ (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.↗ (Writings PSA.78.63, JPS 1917)↗ · Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.↗ (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.↗ (Prophets AMO.8.13, JPS 1917)↗