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vane

noun

1 vane

Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.

synonyms: weather vane, weathervane, wind vane.

Roget 349: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, ... show more

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Dutch: haan, staartmolen, weerhaan, windhaan, windwijzer
Polish: anemoskop, wiatrowskaz

2 vane

A fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it.

Polish: brzechwa, statecznik

3 vane

Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.

synonym: blade.

Dutch: schepbord, schoep
Polish: piĆ³ro

4 vane

The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.

synonym: web.


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