vee
UK/ˈviː/
vee noun: the name of the Latin script letter V/v.
Noun (1)
vee (plural vees)
- The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
- Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess.2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170
- RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
- Something with the shape of the letter V.
- The girl put her hand up to her throat and the cloak of black feathers came away from the front of her body and spread out into a five-foot black fan. She swirled it slowly behind her until it stood up like a peacock's tail. She was naked except for a brief vee of black lace and a black sequined...1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 57
- 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.1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393
- The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
- The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
- A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
- A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.
Verb
vee (third-person singular simple present vees, present participle veeing, simple past and past participle veed)
- 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.1925, Oxweld Acetylene Company, The Oxwelder's Manual: Instructions for Welding and Cutting, page 166
- Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.2005, Richard Finch, Performance Welding Handbook, page 83
Proper noun capitalized: Vee
Vee
- A female given name, short for names beginning with V.
Noun (2) capitalized: Vee
Vee (plural Vees)
- Alternative letter-case form of vee.
Noun (3) capitalized: VEE
VEE (uncountable)
- Initialism of Venezuelan equine encephalitis/encephalomyelitis.
vee meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Tagalog
vee in Hindi
- name of the letter V, v
- वी vī
vee in Marathi
- name of the letter V, v
- व्ही vhī
vee in Bengali
- name of the letter V, v
- ভি bhi
vee in Tagalog
- name of the letter V, v
- vi
More languagesFewer languages
- vee in Arabic
- ڤِي vī, وِي wī, فِي fī
- vee in Malay
- vi
- vee in Indonesian
- ve
- vee in Thai
- วี wee
- vee in Vietnamese
- vê, vờ
- vee in Myanmar
- ဗွီ bwi
Examples of vee in a sentence
- She was naked except for a brief vee of black lace and a black sequined star in the centre of each breast and the thin black domino across her eyes.1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 57:
- The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:
- Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.2013, Nancy Springer, We Don't Know Why:
- York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.2019 December 4, Philip Haigh, “Trains, tickets and tests: LNER outlines its targets”, in RAIL, page 62:
Forms of vee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vees |
| plural | Vees |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vees |
| present participle | veeing |
| past participle | veed |
| past | veed |
Words formed from vee
Phrases with vee
Words that rhyme with vee
Questions about vee
- What does vee mean?
- Vee means the name of the Latin script letter V/v.
- What is vee in Hindi?
- Vee in Hindi is वी (vī). See Vee meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use vee in a sentence?
- She was naked except for a brief vee of black lace and a black sequined star in the centre of each breast and the thin black domino across her eyes.
- What part of speech is vee?
- Vee can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce vee?
- Vee is pronounced /ˈviː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vee?
- The plural of vee is vees.
Words near vee in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vee (page history and authors); Vee (page history and authors); VEE (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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