Definitions of vane
n. - A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
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n. - Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
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n. - The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
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n. - One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
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The word "vane" uses 4 letters: A E N V.
Direct anagrams of vane:
nave vena
Words formed by adding one letter before or after vane (in bold), or to aenv in any order:
d - daven vaned e - veena venae g - ganev vegan h - haven i - naevi naive k - knave l - navel venal m - maven o - novae r - raven s - avens naves vanes
Shorter words found within vane:
ae an ane ave en na nae ne van
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