V
- vindicated verb, past form of vindicate (vindicate, vindicates, vindicated, vindicating); adjective (vindicated)
Shown to be right after other people doubted you or blamed you. - vindictive adjective
Vindictive means wanting to get back at someone and hurt them for a wrong done to you. - vine noun (a vine, vines)
A vine is a plant with a long, thin, bendy stem that climbs up walls, fences or trees, or spreads along the ground. - vinegar noun (vinegar — uncountable; vinegars for kinds)
1) Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning. - vineyard noun (a vineyard, vineyards)
A vineyard is a piece of land where grapevines are grown, usually to make wine. - vintage adjective (vintage); noun (a vintage, vintages)
Vintage things are old but of good quality and valued, from an earlier time: vintage clothes, a vintage car. - viola noun (a viola, violas)
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… - violation noun (violations)
A violation is breaking a rule, law or promise; an act that goes against what is allowed. - violence noun (violence — uncountable)
Violence is behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or kill someone or to damage something. - violent adjective
Violent means using strong physical force to hurt or damage people or things. - violently adverb (violently)
In a way that uses strong physical force to hurt or damage: he pushed the door violently. - violet noun (a violet, violets; violet — the colour); adjective (violet)
1) Violet is a bluish-purple colour. 2) A violet is a small plant with purple, blue or white flowers. 3) «A shrinking violet» (informal)… - violin noun (a violin, violins)
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. - violinist noun (a violinist, violinists)
1) A person who plays the violin, a stringed musical instrument held under the chin and played with a bow. - vip abbreviation (VIP, VIPs)
1) A VIP is a «very important person»: someone famous or important who gets special treatment, such as a celebrity, a leader or an… - viper noun (a viper, vipers)
A viper is a kind of venomous snake with long fangs that fold back, such as the adder. - viral adjective (viral)
Viral means caused by a virus: «a viral infection». - virgin noun (a virgin, virgins; the Virgin Mary — church); adjective (virgin)
The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus; Christians believe she conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit while still a virgin. - virgo noun (Virgo; a proper noun)
Virgo is a large constellation (a group of stars) whose name is Latin for «the virgin» or «young woman». - virtual adjective (virtual)
Made or seen on a computer or online, not in the real physical world, such as a virtual tour or a virtual classroom. - virtually adverb (virtually)
Almost; very nearly but not quite: «virtually empty» means almost completely empty. - virtue noun (virtue, uncountable; a virtue, virtues)
1) Virtue is goodness and right behaviour. 2) A virtue is a good quality in a person, such as honesty, kindness, patience or courage. 3) A… - virtuous adjective (virtuous; more virtuous, most virtuous)
Very good and moral; behaving in an honest, kind and right way. - virus noun (a virus, viruses)
A virus is a tiny germ, much too small to see, that gets inside living cells and can make people, animals or plants ill. - visa noun (a visa, visas); proper noun (Visa — a card company)
A visa is an official stamp or document that lets you enter, stay in, study or work in a foreign country for a certain time. - viscosity noun (viscosity, uncountable; viscosities in science)
How thick and sticky a liquid is, and how slowly it flows. - visibility noun (visibility; uncountable)
How far or how clearly you can see, especially because of weather or light. - visible adjective
1) Visible means able to be seen. 2) Visible can also mean easy to notice or obvious. - visibly adverb (visibly)
1) Visibly means in a way that can be seen or noticed easily: «she was visibly upset». - vision noun (vision, uncountable; a vision, visions)
1) Vision is your ability to see; your eyesight. 2) A vision is a picture in your mind of what something could be like in the future; a… - visit verb (visit, visits, visited, visiting); noun (a visit, visits)
To visit means to go to see a person or a place for a while. - visitation noun (visitations)
A visitation is a visit, especially by someone important or by a god. - visitor noun (a visitor, visitors)
1) A visitor is a person who comes to see a person or a place for a while. 2) A visitor to a website is a person who looks at it. - vista noun (a vista, vistas)
A vista is a beautiful, wide view, especially a long one seen between hills, trees or buildings. - visual adjective (visual); noun (a visual, visuals)
1) (adjective) To do with seeing or sight. 2) (noun) A picture, chart or video used to show or explain something. - visually adverb (visually)
In a way that has to do with seeing or how something looks: the poster is visually striking. - vital adjective (vital; more vital, most vital)
Extremely important or necessary; something you cannot do without. - vitality noun (no plural)
Vitality is great energy and life; being full of strength and spirit. - vitamin noun (a vitamin, vitamins)
Vitamins are tiny natural substances in food that your body needs to stay healthy. - vitreous adjective (vitreous)
Like glass, or made of glass: hard, shiny and often see-through. - vivid adjective (vivid, more vivid, most vivid); adverb vividly; noun vividness
1) Very bright and strong in colour. 2) Very clear and detailed, so that it seems real (a vivid dream, a vivid memory). 3) Lively and full… - vividly adverb (vividly)
Vividly means very clearly and in a lively way, so you can almost see, feel or remember it: «I vividly remember my first day at school.». - vivify verb (vivifies, vivified, vivifying)
To vivify is to bring to life or make lively and full of energy (rare, mostly in old tales). - vixen noun (vixens)
1) A vixen is a female fox. 2) In old tales a vixen is a sly, cunning creature. - vizier noun (viziers)
A vizier was a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands. - vocabulary noun (a vocabulary, vocabularies — usually singular)
Vocabulary is all the words a person knows or uses. - vocal adjective (vocal, more vocal); noun (vocals)
Vocal means about the voice or using the voice. - vocalisation noun (vocalisation, a vocalisation, vocalisations)
A vocalisation is a sound made with the voice, especially by an animal, like a bark, a howl, a song or a call. - vocalist noun (a vocalist, vocalists)
1) A vocalist is a singer, especially one who sings with a band or group. - vocally adverb (vocally)
1) By speaking out loudly and openly, so others clearly hear your opinion. 2) Using the voice, especially in singing. - vocation noun (vocations)
1) A vocation is the work or calling that a person feels is right for them, such as teaching or healing. - vocational adjective
1) Vocational means to do with the skills needed for a particular job or trade. - vocative noun (the vocative, vocatives); adjective (vocative)
In grammar, the vocative is the word or name used to speak directly to someone, as in «Tom, come here!». - vodka noun (vodka, vodkas)
1) Vodka is a strong, clear alcoholic drink, first made in Russia and Poland, from grain or potatoes. - voice noun (a voice, voices); verb (voice, voices, voiced, voicing — to say an opinion)
Your voice is the sound you make when you speak or sing. - void noun (a void, voids); adjective (void); verb (void, voids, voided, voiding)
1) A void is a completely empty space. 2) A void is also a feeling that something important is missing, for example after losing someone.… - voile noun (voile, uncountable; voiles for kinds)
1) A thin, light, see-through cloth made of cotton, silk or polyester, used for curtains, dresses and blouses. - volatile adjective (volatile)
In science, a volatile liquid turns into a gas (evaporates) very easily, like petrol or nail-polish remover. - volcanic adjective (volcanic; not compared)
Volcanic means made by, coming from or to do with a volcano, like volcanic rock or volcanic ash. - volcanically adverb (volcanically)
1) Volcanically means because of volcanoes or in the way of a volcano: «volcanically active», «formed volcanically». - volcano noun (a volcano, volcanoes or volcanos)
A volcano is a mountain or opening in the Earth's surface where hot melted rock (lava), ash and gases come out from deep inside. - vole noun (a vole, voles)
1) A vole is a small, plump rodent like a mouse, with a short tail, small ears and a blunt nose, that lives in fields, woods and riverbanks. - volleyball noun (uncountable for the game; a volleyball, volleyballs for the ball)
A team game in which two teams hit a ball with their hands over a high net, trying to make it land on the other side. - volt noun (a volt, volts)
A volt is the unit used to measure voltage, the "push" that makes electricity flow around a circuit. - voltage noun (voltage, voltages)
Voltage is the push that makes electric current flow around a circuit. - voluble adjective (voluble)
1) Talking a lot, quickly and easily, often with feeling. 2) Of speech: long, fast and full of words. - volume noun (volume — countable and uncountable; volumes)
How loud a sound is (turn the volume up or down). - voluntarily adverb (voluntarily)
1) Because you choose to, without being forced or paid. 2) (formal) Of your own free will. - voluntary adjective (voluntary); adverb voluntarily; noun volunteer
Voluntary means done because you want to, not because you are forced: voluntary help, voluntary work. - volunteer noun (a volunteer, volunteers); verb (volunteer, volunteers, volunteered, volunteering)
A volunteer is someone who does a job without being paid, because they want to help. - vomit verb (vomit, vomits, vomited, vomiting); noun (vomit)
To vomit is to be sick: food and liquid come back up from your stomach and out of your mouth. - vote verb (vote, votes, voted, voting); noun (a vote, votes)
To vote is to choose someone or something by showing your hand, ticking a paper or pressing a button, so a group can decide. - voter noun (a voter, voters)
1) A voter is a person who votes in an election or is allowed to vote. - vouch verb (vouch, vouches, vouched, vouching), used as "vouch for"
To say that you know someone is honest, good or telling the truth, and you will take responsibility for that. - voucher noun (a voucher, vouchers)
1) A voucher is a piece of paper or code you can exchange for goods or services, or that gives a discount. - vouchsafe verb (vouchsafe, vouchsafes, vouchsafed, vouchsafing)
To give or tell something kindly, as a favour, or as if from a high position: he vouchsafed no answer. - vow noun (a vow, vows); verb (vow, vows, vowed, vowing)
A vow is a serious promise, often a solemn or religious one. - vowel noun (a vowel, vowels)
A vowel is a speech sound made with the mouth open and the air flowing freely, like the sound in "cat" or "see". - voyage noun (a voyage, voyages); verb (voyage, voyages, voyaged, voyaging)
1) A voyage is a long journey, especially by sea or in space. 2) (verb) To voyage is to travel a long way, usually by ship. - voyager noun (a voyager, voyagers; Voyager — a name)
A voyager is a person who goes on a long journey, especially by sea or into space. - vulgar adjective
Vulgar means rude and crude, especially about the body or toilet. - vulnerability noun (a vulnerability, vulnerabilities; also uncountable)
Vulnerability is being easy to hurt, harm or attack, in body or feelings. - vulnerable adjective (vulnerable)
Vulnerable means easily hurt, harmed or attacked, in body or feelings. - vulture noun (a vulture, vultures)
A vulture is a large bird with a bald or nearly bald head that eats the meat of dead animals.
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