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uv

uv is the eye dialect spelling of of.

Meaning of of

Preposition

of

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, except in phrases) From (a place); off.
    • Take the chicken out of the freezer.
  2. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
    • He hasn't been well of late.
  3. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
    • There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
  4. Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
    • Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
  5. Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
    • He seemed devoid of human feelings.
  6. (obsolete) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
    • He was kindly treated by the people at Saco, and recovered of his wounds.1822, Jacob Bailey Moore, New Hampshire, volume 1, page 5

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Adjective capitalized: UV

UV (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of ultraviolet.
    • Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating.2023 July 15, Dana G. Smith, “Why Sunscreen Is the Only Anti-Aging Product You Need”, in The New York Times

Noun capitalized: UV

UV (countable and uncountable, plural UVs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of ultraviolet.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of utility vehicle.
  3. (attributive) The axes of a two-dimensional texture, as opposed to those (X, Y, Z) of the three-dimensional model to which it is applied.
    • UV mapping; UV coordinates; UV texturing

Forms of uv

pluralUVs

Words formed from uv

Phrases with uv

Questions about uv

What does uv mean?
Uv means the axes of a two-dimensional texture, as opposed to those (X, Y, Z) of the three-dimensional model to which it is applied.
What is uv the eye dialect spelling of?
Uv is the eye dialect spelling of of.
What part of speech is uv?
Uv can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near uv in the dictionary

  1. UUUP
  2. UUV
  3. UUVs
  4. UUW
  5. UUWs
  6. uv
  7. UV A
  8. UV As
  9. UV B
  10. UV Bs
  11. UV C

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uv (page history and authors); UV (page history and authors); of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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