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If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live.
Jessye Norman

Meaning of "vane" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VANE

Old English fana; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fano, Old Norse fani, Latin pannus cloth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VANE

vane  [veɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VANE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vane is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vane

Vane may refer to: People: ▪ Vane ▪ Ivan Vane Ivanović, Yugoslav-British athlete, shipowner, political activist, diplomat, writer and philanthropist ▪ Vane Featherston, English stage actress ▪ Vane Pennell, English rackets and real tennis player Places: ▪ Vanë, a settlement in Albania ▪ Vane, Avatime, a populated place in Ghana ▪ Vāne parish, Latvia ▪ Vane Glacier, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Other uses: ▪ Viscount Vane, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland ▪ D-alanine—D-serine ligase, an enzyme ▪ Parts besides the shaft in a pennaceous feather ▪ A plastic fin on an arrow ▪ Vane, the only album by Bleak, released in 1995...

Definition of vane in the English dictionary

The first definition of vane in the dictionary is Also called: weather vane, wind vane. a flat plate or blade of metal mounted on a vertical axis in an exposed position to indicate wind direction. Other definition of vane is any one of the flat blades or sails forming part of the wheel of a windmill. Vane is also any flat or shaped plate used to direct fluid flow, esp a stator blade in a turbine, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VANE


Bahrain
bɑːˈreɪn
brain
breɪn
campaign
kæmˈpeɪn
chain
tʃeɪn
contain
kənˈteɪn
domain
dəˈmeɪn
explain
ɪkˈspleɪn
gain
ɡeɪn
jane
dʒeɪn
lain
leɪn
lane
leɪn
main
meɪn
Maine
meɪn
maintain
meɪnˈteɪn
obtain
əbˈteɪn
pain
peɪn
plain
pleɪn
plane
pleɪn
rain
reɪn
remain
rɪˈmeɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VANE

vandalistic
vandalization
vandalize
Vandemonian
Vanderbilt
vandyke
Vandyke beard
Vandyke brown
Vandyke cape
Vandyke collar
vaned
vaneless
vanessa
vanessid
vang
vanguard
vanguardism
vanguardist
vanilla
vanilla essence

WORDS THAT END LIKE VANE

airplane
ane
bane
Brisbane
cane
crane
Dane
humane
hurricane
hydroplane
insane
kane
mane
membrane
on the wane
pane
propane
sane
Spokane
thane

Synonyms and antonyms of vane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VANE

Find out the translation of vane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

叶片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vane
570 millions of speakers

English

vane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फलक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ريشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

флюгер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palhetas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

girouette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vane
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schaufel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

羽根
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

베인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cánh chân vịt tàu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திசைகாட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वातकुंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yelkovan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aletta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łopatkowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

флюгер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεμοδείκτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vane
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vane

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VANE»

The term «vane» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.458 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VANE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vane» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vane» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vane

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QUOTES WITH «VANE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vane.
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Jessye Norman
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VANE»

Discover the use of vane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sir Henry Vane, Theologian: A Study in Seventeenth-century ...
Parnham contends that Vane is deserving of attention by modern scholars, and that such attention on Vane will have as one of its outcomes a new vantage point from which to view the life of the mind as it manifested itself in seventeenth ...
David Parnham, 1997
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Vane Clocking Effects in an Embedded Compressor Stage
Vane clocking essentially affects the amount of interaction between the upstream vane wake and the boundary layer of the downstream vane.
Nicole Leanne Key, 2007
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Symposium on VANE SHEAR TESTING OF SOILS
mate in-place strengths more nearly than any other type of test. As can be seen, the shear strengths from the tri- axial tests are similar in magnitude to the field vane shear strengths. Near the mudline, the shear strengths from tri- axial tests are ...
‎1957
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Effect of limited amplitude and rate of flap motion on ...
The power spectral density of the vertical acceleration due to gusts is examined with and without a gust-alleviation system in operation.
L. Keith Barker, Daniel J. Crawford, Gene W. Sparrow, 1972
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Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: Sir Henry Vane, the ...
LIVES OF EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER. 1612—1662. Henry Vane, the eldest son of sir Henry Vane, of Hadlow, in Kent, was born in the year 1612. His family could trace itself back to the earliest times ...
‎1838
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Vane Pursuit
While tracking down rare weather vanes, Helen Shandy stumbles on a case of arson The weather vanes of the famous craftsman Praxiteles Lumpkin are one of the great cultural treasures of rural Massachusetts.
Charlotte MacLeod, 2012
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Economics for Business
Also, reflecting the expertise of the authors, the book's presentation is enriched throughout by economic-historical context.
Chris Mulhearn, Howard Vane, 2011
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Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current ...
Interviews with leading economists, one or two at the end of each chapter, also greatly help to shed light on this complexity. . . In sum, this is book which is very difficult to put down.
Brian Snowdon, Howard R. Vane, 2005
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Vane Shear and Cone Penetrtion Resistance Testing of In-situ ...
Immediately adjoining the borings was the location for the field vane shear tests. The extent of the laboratory testing included vane shear testing, triaxial compression testing, Atterberg Limits determinations, moisture-density profiles, specific ...
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Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business, ...
He couldn't do this with the downwind rotor used by Halladay. Instead he placed his rotor upwind of the tower and used a tail vane to keep the rotor pointed into the wind. Wheeler hinged the tail vane and rotor— or windwheel, to old-timers— to ...
Paul Gipe, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vane is used in the context of the following news items.
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See Justin Timberlake Dressed as a Giant Lime in Kooky Tequila Ad
Justin Timberlake, as Vane, reveals what it's like to be a washed-up lime in a new ad for the liquor, with what might be his most standout performance yet. «TV Guide, May 15»
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Writer-Director Norman Thaddeus Vane Dies at 86
Norman Thaddeus Vane, a writer-director behind such films as the 1983 cult horror film Frightmare and Club Life, a 1986 drama starring Tony Curtis, has died. «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»
3
Rotary Vane Vacuum Pump Market 2019 Global Forecasts With a …
Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Rotary vane vacuum pump Industry, 2009-2019 is a professional and in-depth market survey on rotary vane ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
4
Vane Brothers Welcomes Latest Tug Newbuild
The Vane Brothers Company, a marine transportation provider headquartered in Baltimore, has taken delivery of Kings Point, the latest in a wave of ... «MarineLink, Apr 15»
5
Chesapeake launches another Vane Brothers tugboat
APRIL 9, 2015, – Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD, has successfully launched another tugboat for Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD. The tugboat, named ... «Marine Log, Apr 15»
6
Lord's weather vane, Father Time, hit for 6 by London wind
The famous weather vane above the clock of the Mound Stand at Lord's Cricket ground is seen bent over in London, Monday March 30, 2015. The weather vane ... «Yahoo News UK, Mar 15»
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Black Sails Stars on Vane's Recent Violent Actions
Black Sails' second season wraps up Saturday night, with a ton in play, as Flint (Toby Stephens) finds himself in big trouble in Charlestown, while back in ... «IGN, Mar 15»
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Black Sails 'XVII' recap and review
Charles Vane eyes the Spanish Man O' War and is within his sights as he tries to claim what he's owed from Flint. Tonight's episode, “XVII”, aims to close one ... «Nerd Reactor, Mar 15»
9
Black Sails: "XVI" Review
Peter greeting Flint and Miranda warmly - causing us to breathe easy - followed by the reveal that Vane and his crew had arrived to throw everything into chaos. «IGN, Mar 15»
10
Black Sails: Season 2 Episode 7 review
Vane is forced once and for all to decide between Eleanor and his freedom. Billy Bones is caught between the Navy's offer of a pardon and loyalty to Flint, who ... «Den of Geek!, Mar 15»

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