1. vessel - Noun
2. vessel - Verb
A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.
A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
To put into a vessel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
In proportion to the size of the vessel of faith, brought by us to the Lord, is the measure we draw out of His overflowing grace. Cyprian
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. Rabindranath Tagore
Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel. Dutch Proverb
The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. Russian Proverb
A crazy vessel never falls from the hand. Spanish Proverb