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✅ A V shape ✅ To form a V
to vee

to vee

1 9.9
To move into a V shape, as when birds fly
  • verb
  • /viː/
translation icon : formar un vee
  • The children organized themselves to vee while marching in the parade, creating a striking formation.

Examples

  • Dipper, set up for a drop and vee the head of the fire.

    Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

  • The birds began to vee as they took off, forming a perfect V in the sky.

  • As the team prepared to race, they vee the runners at the starting line for a coordinated start.

Synonyms

to divaricate
vsto vee
  • Specialized
9.9

To spread apart from a common point like fingers or branches

forms two diverging arms from a point instead of many branches

Compounds

Hum-Vee
5.9

A strong four-wheel-drive vehicle used by soldiers

How V-shaped

to vee
1 9.9
to fan out
30 3.7
to diverge
19 6.8
to spread
664 1.6
to parallel
7 4.8

Surface Forms

vee infinitive
veed past
veed past participle
vee-ing present participle
vees third person singular

Etymology

Vee as a verb comes from the shape of the letter V, and a helpful way to remember it is that to 'vee' is to move or arrange into a 'V shape'. So when birds or dancers open out from the centre and make that shape, they 'vee'.