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plural vees
The name of the Latin-script letter V. quotations examples
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. quotations examples
One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.
1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf
The river leapt and rippled like a lizard. 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
(cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played. examples
A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved. examples
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. quotations examples
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