1. van - Noun
2. van - Verb
3. Van - Proper noun
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods.
A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.
A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it. Andrew Jackson
You have Van Gogh's ear for music. Billy Wilder
It is not a certain conformity of manners that the painting of Van Gogh attacks, but rather the conformity of institutions themselves. And even external nature, with her climates, her tides, and her equinoctial storms, cannot, after Van Gogh's stay upon earth, maintain the same gravitation. Antonin Artaud
He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much rather have than give. Dutch Proverb
Wo ät Hätz van vol es, doh lööf d'r Monk van övver. Düren Proverb
Dá r Opf l folld nid waid vån dom auszá rea kugöld. Lower Austria Proverb