van
Speech parts
1. van - Noun
2. van - Verb
3. Van - Proper noun
Meaning
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.
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The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
You have Van Gogh's ear for music.
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.
He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much rather have than give.
Wo ät Hätz van vol es, doh lööf d'r Monk van övver.
Dá r Opf l folld nid waid vån dom auszá rea kugöld.