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vee

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noun/ˈviː/
  1. 1

    The name of the Latin script letter V/v.

    • RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".
  2. 2

    Something with the shape of the Latin letter V.

    • This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.
    • One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.
  3. 3

    The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.

  4. 4

    The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.

  5. 5

    A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.

  6. 6

    A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.

verb/ˈviː/
  1. 1

    To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process.

    • As the metal melts it is veed out with the paddle for about 2 in.
    • Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.

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