Chapter Vapid to Venus’s-fly-catcher of V by Soule's Synonymes

Vault, v. n.

1. Leap, bound, jump, spring.

2. Tumble, turn, exhibit feats of jumping, play the posture-master.

Vaulted, a.

1. Arched, concave.

2. (Bot.) Fornicate, fornicated.

Vaulter, n. Leaper, jumper, tumbler.

Vaulting, a. Aspiring, eager, impatient, over-eager.

Vaunt, v. n. Brag, boast.

Vaunt, v. a. Brag of, boast of, make a display of, make a boast of, show off, display with ostentation.

Vaunt, n. Boast, brag.

Vaunter, n. Boaster, braggart, braggadocio, drawcansir, roisterer, huff, vaporer, noisy fellow.

Vaunt-mure, n. (Fort.) Vaimure, vamure, vanmure, false wall.

Vaurien, n. [Fr.] Scapegrace, ne’er-do-well, reprobate, rascal, scamp, rogue.

Vedette, n. Mounted sentinel, mounted sentry.

Veer, v. n. Shift, turn, change course, change direction, change about, come round, turn about.

Veering, n.

1. Shifting, turning, change of course.

2. Tergiversation, fickleness, instability, vacillation.

3. Trimming, temporizing, time-serving, shifting.

Vegetable, n. Plant.

Vegetate, v. n.

1. Shoot, germinate, spring, pullulate, grow (as a plant), shoot up, spring up, put forth, swell.

2. Bask, idle, hibernate, do nothing, be inactive.