Vamp, n. Upper leather (of a shoe).
Vamp, v. a. Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch, vamp up, patch up.
Vampire, n.
- 1. Parasite, bloodsucker.
- 2. Extortioner, vulture.
- 3. (Zoöl.) Vampire-bat (Vampirus spectrum).
Van, n.
- 1. Front (of an army or a fleet), fore-rank.
- 2. Covered wagon.
Van-courier, n. Precursor, avant-courier.
Vandal, n. Barbarian, savage, destroyer.
Vandal, a. Barbarous, savage, Vandalic, rude.
Vandalic, a. See Vandal, a.
Vandalism, n. Barbarity, savagery.
Vane, n.
- 1. Weather-cock.
- 2. Blade (of a windmill, propeller, etc.).
Vanglo, n. Bene, oil-plant (Sesamum orientale).
Van-guard, n. Advance-guard, first line, van, front rank.
Vanish, v. a.
- 1. Disappear, go out of sight, be lost to view, become invisible.
- 2. Disappear, dissolve, fade away, melt away, pass away, be lost, be no more, pass, fade, be annihilated.
Vanity, n.
- 1. Emptiness, hollowness, triviality, worthlessness, futility, unrealness, unsubstantialness, falsity, vanitas
vanitatum.