Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Anatomy A vessel or duct.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In anatomy and zoology, a vas-culum or vessel, as a tube, duct, or conduit conveying blood, lymph, or other fluid
- n. The aberrant ducts of the testis. See aberrant.
- n. Bile-ducts running an unusual course in the liver.
- n. Tributaries to the splenic vein, corresponding to the arterial vasa brevia.
- n. The efferent lymphatic vessels: usually small ones, that soon unite into a larger one.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) A vessel; a duct.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a tube in which a body fluid circulates
Etymologies
- From Latin vas ("vessel"), from 1645–1655. (Wiktionary)
- Latin vās, vessel. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“My name vas Solomon Rosenbum, vid the accent on der bum.”
“This should be a prime consideration if your partner is missing the part of his reproductive system known as the vas deferens, which can occur as a result of the CF gene.”
“The semen passes through a tube called the vas deferens and out of the penis.”
“Despite a professional doctor cutting into my testicles and severing the "vas" tubes (Google it), I am still quite capable of reproduction.”
“vas" than if it affects the manner of copulation in respect of other circumstances.”
“Tu vas recommencer a chasser les papillons dans peu de temps.”
“Si vas a demostrar tu hartazgo tienes también que mostrar compromiso como ciudadano.”
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“Déjenme decirles a todos esos autobuseros, que según entiendo, esa es una de las intenciones, no vas a hacer una inversión millonaria en un tren para que la gente siga usando buses, no para nada, ni que fuéramos idiotas.”
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“Bon alors next time in France tu vas va speaker fluently in french, yes??”
“Given enduring evangelical antagonism towards Mitt Romney and Gingrich's serious problems with God-fearing women voters, this final debate, which recognizes the influence of both Santorum and Paul, could make a vas deferens in who wins the candidacy.”
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3-letter Scrabble Words
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slo: fem. nouns with sg. nom. ending ...
These nouns decline on the pattern stvar (see Peter Herrity, Slovene: A Comprehensive Grammar 2000, 56).
SG: nom/acc stvar, gen stvarí, dat/loc (proti/pri) stvári, instr s stvarjódlan, kost, pest, skrb, no�?, strast, mo�?, stvar, kri, brv, gos, snov and 55 more...
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rolig Slovene: "village" (fem., sg gen: vasí). Feb 4, 2009