verse

noun · verbA2

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

verses

1.
(countable, uncountable)A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.
Đồng nghĩa: poetry
2.
(countable, uncountable)Poetic form in general.
The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.
3.
(countable, uncountable)One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.
Đồng nghĩa: stanza
4.
(countable, uncountable)A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
5.
(countable, uncountable)(music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

verses

V_ing/Gerund

versing

V_ed/pp

versed

1.
(obsolete)To compose verses.
2.
(transitive)To tell in verse, or poetry.
3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) to educate about, to teach about.
He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
4.
(colloquial, proscribed, sometimes)(colloquial, sometimes proscribed) To oppose, to compete against.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

poetry stanza

Cùng gốc / liên quan

blank verseAlcaic versechapter and verseclobber verseheroic verseLeonine verseneck versePythian verseserpentine versesociety versesword verseverse-chorusfree verseversecraft versification versify

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from la versus, from vertō (to turn around).