vane
21vane — i. A thin and more or less flat object intended to align itself with a stream or flow in a manner similar to that of the common weathercock, such as a device that projects ahead of an aircraft to sense gusts or other actions of the air to create… …
22Vane — Recorded in many forms including Fain, Fane, Fayne, Faynes, Vain, Vaines, Vanes, and Vayne, this is a famous and noble English surname. However its origins are at best very confused, and from several sources including possibly France and Wales.… …
23vane — n. a weather vane * * * [veɪn] a weather vane …
24vane — [15] Vane is an alteration of an earlier fane ‘flag, weather cock’, which was descended from Old English fana. This in turn came from a prehistoric Germanic *fanon. The change from fane to vane took place in southwest England, where initial f and …
25vane — [[t]ve͟ɪn[/t]] vanes N COUNT A vane is a flat blade which pushes or is pushed by wind or water, and forms part of a machine such as a fan, a windmill, or a ship s propeller. → See also weather vane …
26vane — UK [veɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms vane : singular vane plural vanes a long flat blade designed to be moved by wind or water, especially in order to provide power for a machine …
27vanė — ×vãnė sf. (2) K, LVIV472, Rtr, NdŽ, FrnW, KŽ, LKAI72(Šk, Jrb, Šmk, Rs, Nmk, Trg, Pgg, Vlkš), vanė̃ (4) LKAI73(Šk); Q606, R, R392, MŽ, MŽ528, N žr. vana: 1. Vandens vãnė KII339. Turiam dvi vanes: blėkinę ir medinę Gr. Klevinė vãnė Up.… …
28vane — [15] Vane is an alteration of an earlier fane ‘flag, weather cock’, which was descended from Old English fana. This in turn came from a prehistoric Germanic *fanon. The change from fane to vane took place in southwest England, where initial f and …
29vane — noun /veɪn/ a) A weather vane. b) Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid …
30vane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. girouette, anemometer; cone, sleeve, sock; arm, plate, fin, blade. See wind, indication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. weather vane, weathercock, wind gauge, blade; see device 1 …
