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.