Vessel - English meaning

noun

Any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.

Usage examples:

Most are caused by a blood clot that forms in the veins, before passing through the heart and enter…

noun

One of the larger tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body

noun

One of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body

Usage examples:

Hardening of the coronary arteries can lead to a heart attack.

noun

A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.

Usage examples:

The wine is then matured in old barrels

verb

Drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.

Usage examples:

We barrelled across the everglades

noun

A large wooden container with a flat top and bottom and curving sides that are wider in the middle

Usage examples:

We were barreling along at 80 miles an hour.

noun

A bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.

Usage examples:

‘i liked the traditional idea of washing with a basin and ewer,’ he reflects.

noun

An open, round container shaped like a bowl with sloping sides, used for holding food or liquid

Usage examples:

A pudding basin

noun

The amount of something that a basin can hold

Usage examples:

A basin of water

noun

A receptacle in which to deposit rubbish.

Usage examples:

Bin wagons, rubbish bins and boxes are all in line for a major shake-up to smooth the way for kerbs…

verb

Throw (something) away by putting it in a bin.

Usage examples:

Piles of junk that should have been binned years ago

prefix

Variant form of bi- before a vowel (as in binaural ).

noun

A small vessel for travelling over water, propelled by oars, sails, or an engine.

Usage examples:

A fishing boat

verb

Travel in a boat for pleasure.

Usage examples:

They boated through fjords

noun

A small vehicle for travelling on water

Usage examples:

A rowing/sailing boat, a fishing boat, we took turns to row the boat up the river.

noun

A round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid.

Usage examples:

A mixing bowl

verb

Roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground.

Usage examples:

She snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her

noun

A round vessel that is open at the top

noun

A container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.

Usage examples:

A cigarette box

verb

Put in or provide with a box.

Usage examples:

Each piece is boxed with a certificate of authenticity

noun

A slap with the hand on the side of a person's head.

Usage examples:

She gave him a box on the ear

verb

(of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns.

Usage examples:

She butted him in the chest

noun

A push or blow, especially one given with the head.

Usage examples:

The characters can fight hand to hand using punches, kicks, nudges, butts, combos…

noun

The person or thing at which criticism or ridicule is directed.

Usage examples:

His singing is the butt of dozens of jokes

noun

A cylindrical metal container.

Usage examples:

A petrol can

verb

Preserve (food) in a can.

Usage examples:

Sardines and anchovies are worth the extra money if canned in olive oil

abbreviation

Canada or canadian.

noun

A round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film.

Usage examples:

Pill bottles or film canisters make excellent storage containers for seeds.

noun

A container with a cover, used for storing foods or objects

Usage examples:

I bought brightly colored canisters to hold sugar and flour.

noun

A firm container, usually made of metal and often round or cylinder-shaped, for holding food or chemicals

Usage examples:

A small canister of curry powder, a tea canister

noun

An open-topped glass flask used for serving wine or water in a restaurant.

Usage examples:

Wine is available by glass, bottle, or carafe

noun

A bottle with a stopper

noun

An open glass container for serving liquids, or the amount it contains

noun

A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.

Usage examples:

Water carriers

noun

A person or thing that carries something

noun

A company that operates aircraft

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A particular situation or example of something

Usage examples:

We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

noun

A large container like a barrel, made of wood, metal or plastic and used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks.

Usage examples:

The wine is stored in oak casks

noun

A strong, round, wooden container used for storing liquid

noun

A small ornamental box or chest for holding jewels, letters, or other valued objects.

Usage examples:

A small brass casket containing four black opals

noun

A coffin

noun

A small, decorative box, especially one used to keep jewellery in

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

The front surface of a person's or animal's body between the neck and the stomach.

Usage examples:

She crossed her arms across her chest

verb

Propel (the ball) by means of one's chest.

Usage examples:

He chested the ball down

noun

The upper front part of the body of humans and some animals, between the stomach and the neck, containing the heart and lungs

Usage examples:

He was shot in the chest at point blank range., he folded his arms across his chest., his shirt was…

noun

An object for holding or transporting something.

Usage examples:

The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container

noun

A hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, that can be used for holding something, especially to carry or store it

Usage examples:

An airtight container, a plastic drinks container

noun

A very large metal box used for transporting goods

Usage examples:

A container ship/lorry

noun

An activity involving skill in making things by hand.

Usage examples:

The craft of cobbling

verb

Exercise skill in making (an object), typically by hand.

Usage examples:

He crafted the chair lovingly

noun

Skill in knowing how to do or make something, or a job or activity needing such skill

Usage examples:

[ u ] he talked about the craft of writing popular fiction., [ c ] i love to do all kinds of crafts…

noun

A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted.

Usage examples:

Of special interest to irish collectors will be a number of silver wine labels and glass decanters …

noun

A decorative glass container for wine and other alcoholic drinks, with a part that fits into the top for closing it

Usage examples:

A cut-glass sherry decanter

noun

A shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food.

Usage examples:

An ovenproof dish

verb

Gossip or share information, especially information of an intimate or scandalous nature.

Usage examples:

Groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances

noun

A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

noun

A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.

Usage examples:

A shuffling dance to the beat of a drum

verb

Play on a drum or drums.

Usage examples:

He channelled his energies into drumming with local groups

noun

A long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.

noun

A tube or passageway in a building or machine for air, liquid, cables, etc.

Usage examples:

Leading the air through ducts in the floor

verb

Convey through a duct.

Usage examples:

A ventilation system that must be ducted through the wall

noun

A tube or pipe in a building that carries liquid or air or protects wires

Usage examples:

Air conditioning requires ventilating ducts., tear ducts

noun

A container for liquids.

Usage examples:

One of the flasks holds an oily liquid approximating to coffee while the other holds almost-boiling…

noun

A small bottle that has a narrow neck

noun

A small container, usually with a wide base and a narrow neck

Usage examples:

A flask of water

noun

A device or implement for holding something.

Usage examples:

I replaced the phone in its holder

noun

A device for putting objects in or for keeping them in place

Usage examples:

A cup/paper towel holder, property holders, competition benefits credit card holders.

noun

A person who officially owns something

Usage examples:

A credit card holder, property holders were pleased with the tax cut.

noun

A wide-mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery and typically having a lid, used especially for storing food.

Usage examples:

A large storage jar

verb

Send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body).

Usage examples:

He jarred the knee in training

noun

A physical shock or jolt.

Usage examples:

The train stopped without the slightest jar

noun

A cylindrical container with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids.

Usage examples:

Place the lavender flowers in a wide jug and pour the cream over them.

verb

Stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container.

Usage examples:

I remember still the rich, dense jugged hare i ate then, served from its own shining copper pot; 25…

noun

A large bottle with a narrow mouth

noun

The lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.

Usage examples:

Support the keel with timber blocking to take most of the weight of the hull.

verb

(of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize.

Usage examples:

It's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over

noun

A flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the tyne and wear rivers for loading ships carrying coal.

Usage examples:

The original tyne keel was clinker-built but later types were of carvel build.

noun

A metal container used for cooking food in.

Usage examples:

Heat the olive oil in a heavy pan

verb

Criticize severely.

Usage examples:

The movie was panned by the critics

noun

A panning movement.

Usage examples:

That slow pan over london

noun

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock

verb

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.

Usage examples:

Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively

noun

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

noun

A tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.

Usage examples:

Roads, bridges, utility lines, water and sewer pipes, and other supporting services have to be rebu…

verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

noun

A large jug.

Usage examples:

Carrying a glass pitcher full of dark-brown liquid, with a healthy head of foam on it, he places it…

noun

The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

Usage examples:

The catcher has to stay within the box until the pitcher delivers the ball.

noun

A container for liquids with a handle on one side and a shaped opening at the top of the other side for pouring

noun

A rounded or cylindrical container, typically of metal, used for cooking.

Usage examples:

Pots and pans hung from a rack

verb

Plant in a flowerpot.

Usage examples:

Pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves

noun

Cannabis.

Usage examples:

We smoked pot at football games

noun

A hollow object used to contain something.

Usage examples:

Fast-food receptacles

noun

A container for holding things or that you can put things in

Usage examples:

A trash receptacle

noun

A place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored.

Usage examples:

A deep repository for nuclear waste

noun

A place where things are stored

Usage examples:

A nuclear waste repository, fig. the proverbs amounted to a repository of wisdom.

noun

A large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.

Usage examples:

Only two tonnes of liquid chlorine spilt from a storage tank after an equipment failure, but it was…

verb

Short for tank engine.

Usage examples:

A large class of 0-6-0 tanks

noun

A container that holds liquid or gas

Usage examples:

A water tank, fuel/gas/oxygen tanks, a fish tank

noun

A silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50.

Usage examples:

By the late 16th century acheh had reduced the power of johore and controlled much of sumatra and m…

verb

Cover with a thin layer of tin.

Usage examples:

The copper pans are tinned inside

noun

A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion

noun

A large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.

Usage examples:

The conducting portion of the respiratory system includes the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, naso…

noun

The tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs

noun

A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.

Usage examples:

A rainwater tub

verb

Plant in a tub.

Usage examples:

Plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go a…

noun

A long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.

Usage examples:

A plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled

verb

Fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.

Usage examples:

The charge stemmed from his failure to properly record how he treated hip wolf on the day she was a…

noun

A tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person.

Usage examples:

Richly glazed and often spectacularly potted, the sources for these works include anglo-saxon crema…

verb

Place in an urn.

noun

A large, round container from which coffee or tea is served, or a decorative container, esp. one that holds the ashes of the body of a dead person after it has been cremated (= burned)

noun

A vessel or duct.

Usage examples:

The medulla, supplied by vasa recta, receives less blood than the kidney cortex.

noun

Abbreviation for visual analogue scale: a way of measuring how likely people are to have a particular attitude

noun

A large tank or tub used to hold liquid, especially in industry.

Usage examples:

A vat of hot tar

verb

Place or treat in a vat.

Usage examples:

The grapes are vatted for between 15 and 21 days and then aged in small barrels

abbreviation

Value added tax.

noun

Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood towards the heart.

Usage examples:

This puts the full weight of your uterus on your back and on the major vein that carries blood betw…

noun

A tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body

Usage examples:

A vein of iron ore, she published many novels and stories in the romantic vein then popular.

noun

A boat or other vessel that travels on water.

Usage examples:

Seriously, it was a great two days of sun, surf and boating in barely legal watercraft.

noun

A medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.

Usage examples:

A young woman who is a stewardess on a ferry becomes a skipper on a racing yacht.

verb

Race or cruise in a yacht.

Usage examples:

The only place olga felt free was when the family yachted over to fredensborg palace in denmark.

noun

A boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure

Usage examples:

A luxury yacht, a yacht club