Synonyms of the word vane


VANEBLADE - FIN - WEATHERVANE - WEB

vane

  • n. (countable) A weather vane.
  • n. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along…
  • n. (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side…
  • n. A sight on a sextant or compass.
  • n. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

blade

  • n. The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.
  • n. The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc.
  • n. The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
  • n. (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
  • n. A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
  • n. A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
  • n. The flat part of the tongue.
  • n. (poetic) A sword or knife.
  • n. (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide;…
  • n. (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
  • n. (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
  • n. A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular…
  • n. (dated) A dashing young man.
  • n. (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
  • n. Thin plate, foil.
  • n. (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
  • n. The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the…
  • n. Airfoil in windmills and windturbines.
  • n. (computing) A blade server.
  • v. (informal) To skate on rollerblades.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a blade.
  • v. (intransitive, poetic) To put forth or have a blade.
  • v. (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.

fin

  • n. (ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
  • n. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
  • n. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the…
  • n. A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
  • n. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along…
  • n. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
  • n. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
  • n. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
  • v. (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
  • v. (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
  • n. (US, slang) A five-dollar bill.

weathervane

  • n. Alternative spelling of weather vane.

web

  • n. The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of…
  • n. Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
  • n. Specifically, the World Wide Web (often capitalized Web).
  • n. (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
  • n. A latticed or woven structure.
  • n. The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the…
  • n. (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot)…
  • n. A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
  • n. The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together…
  • n. (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
  • n. (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual…
  • n. (dated) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage.
  • n. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
  • p.n. Alternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.
  • v. (intransitive) to construct or form a web.
  • v. (transitive) to cover with a web or network.
  • v. (transitive) to ensnare or entangle.
  • v. (transitive) to provide with a web.

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