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weather vane
" 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 "weather vane" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF WEATHER VANE

weather vane


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEATHER VANE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Weather 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 WEATHER VANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Weather vane

A wind vane is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. They are typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building. Although partly functional, weather vanes are generally decorative, often featuring the traditional cockerel design with letters indicating the points of the compass. Other common motifs include ships, arrows and horses. Not all weather vanes have pointers. The word 'vane' comes from the Old English word fana meaning 'flag'.

Definition of weather vane in the English dictionary

The definition of weather vane in the dictionary is a vane designed to indicate the direction in which the wind is blowing.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEATHER VANE

weather balloon · Weather Bureau · weather chart · weather check · weather eye · weather forecast · weather forecaster · weather girl · weather house · weather map · weather report · weather satellite · weather ship · weather station · weather strip · weather window · weather-beaten · weather-bound · weather-wise · weatherability

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEATHER VANE

airplane · ane · Brisbane · cane · crane · Dane · dogvane · humane · hurricane · hydrovane · insane · jane · kane · lane · membrane · paravane · pavane · plane · vane · wind vane

Synonyms and antonyms of weather vane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «weather vane» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF WEATHER VANE

Find out the translation of weather vane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of weather 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 «weather vane» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

风向标
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

veleta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

weather vane
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बादनुमा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متقلب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

флюгер
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cata-vento
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বায়ুপতাকা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

girouette
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cuaca baling-baling
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Wetterfahne
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

天候ベーン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

날씨 베인
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cuaca vane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời tiết cánh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வானிலை திசைகாட்டி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हवामान वातकुक्कू
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

rüzgar gülü
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

banderuola
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wiatrowskaz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

флюгер
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

giruetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεμοδείκτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weerhaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vindflöjel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

værhane
5 millions of speakers

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

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QUOTES WITH «WEATHER VANE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word weather 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 «WEATHER VANE»

Discover the use of weather vane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to weather vane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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100 Amazing Make-It-Yourself Science Fair Projects
Slide the weather vane over the rod's top — first fitting the rod through the eye- screw, then through the space where the tin arrow attaches to the wooden strip. The instrument should rest on the two washers, supported below by the coupler.
‎2005
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The Weather Vane
Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool.Simplified structureWe have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from you: Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 ...
Roderick Hunt, 2003
3
Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the ...
Lucille Chabot / born 1908 The angel as a weather-vane subject is much less common than, for example, horses or roosters, and the image of Gabriel is rarer still. Although there are several known examples of the archangel blowing his horn, ...
‎2002
4
The Intelligence: A Semi-monthly Journal of Education
On this church there was a steeple, and on the steeple there was a weather vane. It is with this weather vane that we have to do. The weather vane and the winds were great friends, and worked together beautifully for the fishermen. You see ...
‎1899
5
Creative Themes for Every Day, Grades Preschool - K
Materials: electric fan, sheet of paper or a plastic grocery bag, Weather Vane Pattern (page 117), wooden dowel or pencil Using a fan and a sheet of paper or a plastic grocery bag, show students what things look like when they blow in the ...
Carson-Dellosa Publishing, 2012
6
Hands-on science
Makes a weather vane to observe wind blowing and to find the direction from which it is coming. ... clay, straw, pencil with a rubber end, scissors, directional compass, scrap cardboard Make a weather vane Task: To create a weather vane  ...
‎2007
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Weather
A weather vane points in the direction from which the wind is blowing. There are several different ways to make this instrument. Follow the directions to make a weather vane to use with your students. Overview: Students will use a weather ...
Ruth Young, 2002
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Inventive Thinking through TRIZ: A Practical Guide
Fixed weather vane! We could find a description like this in a reference book: a weather vane is a meteorological device to determine the direction and speed of the wind (fig. 13.4). It consists of two moving parts – the actual vane 1 that points  ...
Michael A. Orloff, 2006
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Pearson's Magazine
WHY. NOT. A. WEATHER—VANE. '? A Plea for an Appropriate Vane on the Top of every House! Bv M. TINDAL. THE weather-vane is as the book-plate in the cherished volume. the diamond in my lady's hair, the crest at the head of the ...
‎1903
10
Old-House Journal
Stock designs from late 19th century weather vane manufacturer J.W. Fiske included the patriotic Goddess of Liberty (left), a whimsical dragon (center), and a banneret with an openwork ball (right). By the 1920s, the rage for polo and other  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEATHER VANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term weather vane is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bedford courthouse gets weather vane back
Bedford residents wondering which way the wind is blowing at the courthouse now can learn by looking up. On Monday, a free-spinning restored vane was put ... «Roanoke Times, Aug 15»
2
Merryl Lynch Weather Vane Reported Stolen in New Canaan
Police are investigating after a $500 copper weather vane was stolen off the ... The vane could have been missing several days to a week before it was noticed. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Father Time returns to his rightful home at Lord's cricket ground
The weather vane, which has stood at Lord's since being donated by the ... earlier this year was not the first occasion Father Time has fallen foul of bad weather. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
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»
5
A Crash Course in Collecting Weather Vanes
Provenance: This weathervane was originally mounted on the top of the Manor Crescent Building on Bedford Street in Lexington, Massachusetts, which served ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jan 15»
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Song Premiere: Sam Prekop, 'Weather Vane'
"Weather Vane" is the catchiest of the bunch, full of granulated rays of sunshine. When the shimmering synths peak midway through, Prekop throws the forward ... «NPR, Jan 15»
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California may see frosts and freezes, gusty winds expected in SoCal
File photo of a weather vane. ... California weather is under the influence of a cold air mass that may bring freezes and frosts even as southern areas continue to ... «89.3 KPCC, Dec 14»
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Vane trailer divines the weather in an open world desert near you
Details are thin, but it appears to involve weather vanes (as per the title), scary sandstorms, lightning, an open world desert and an eagle. What more could you ... «PC Gamer Magazine, Sep 14»
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Church steeple repaired, weathervane hoisted
Workers Tuesday reinstalled the weather vane on top of the spire that had been removed due to the tilting, while a crowd of onlookers watched far below. «GazetteNET, Aug 14»
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Design competition being held for new Belle Isle Aquarium weather
There are also numerous other guidelines, including construction of the design must not exceed $7,500 and it must function as a weather vane and rotate with ... «MLive.com, Aug 14»
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