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vert.

A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  3. The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

adj/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. In blazon, of the colour green.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

noun/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.

    colloquial
  2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of vertical.

noun/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. Vertebrate.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of vertebrate.

verb/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. To turn.

    archaic · literary
Where this word comes from

From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).

noun/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. Vertex.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of vertex.

adj/vɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/vɝt/General-American
  1. Abbreviation of vertical.

    abbreviation · alt-of
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of vertical.

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