vaunt, v. 1. boast of, brag about, crow about, make much of, Inf. make a big thing about; celebrate, emblazon, trumpet, blow one's own horn; exaggerate, overstate, hyperbolize, SI. shoot the bull, SI. lay it on thick, Si. pile it higher and deeper. -n. 2. boast; brag, braggadocio, rodomontade, fanfaronade, gasconade, St. big talk, SI. hot air, SI. gas, Si. bull.
vaunter, n. braggart, braggadocio, brag, boaster, gascon, fanfaron, Rodomonte, Thraso, Latin, miles gloriosus; All SI. blowhard, windbag, gasbag, loud or big mouth, hot-air merchant or artist,
veer, v. shift, turn, change course, change direction; deviate, diverge, swerve; jibe, tack, yaw, slue; turn about, wheel, swing; sidestep, Brit, jib, step aside, shy; bend, curve, sheer, bear off, heel; warp, skew, bias, twist, crook, dogleg; go off, glance off, edge off; change about, alter, chop, chop and change,
veering, n. deviation, divergence, deflection, declination, divagation; swerve, shift, turn, change; drift, swing, curve, bend, jibe, tack, yaw; warp, twist, chop, sheer, sweep; glance, crook, bias, skew, slant,
vegetable, n. 1. plant, green, legume; produce, truck.
-adj. 2. vegetative, vegetal, herbal, herbaceous, leguminous; plantlike, botanic, verdurous, vegetarian.
3. inert, inanimate, stagnant, dormant, paralyzed, comatose; motionless, stationary, immobile, static; unthinking, mindless, brainless, nonintellectual; quiescent, supine, leaden, inactive, logy; lethargic, otiose, idle, passive, languid; do-nothing, slack, lazy, indolent, sluggish; dull, stupid,
vegetate, v. 1. grow, sprout, shoot up, bud, burgeon, burst forth; germinate, root, take root, put forth; luxuriate, flourish, flower, bloom, effloresce, leaf; pullulate, develop, blow, swell, overgrow.
2. exist, stagnate, do nothing, idle, hang fire; hibernate, estivate, rusticate; lounge, loaf, lazy around, waste time, cool one's heels; languish, drowse, doze, sit back; sit on the sidelines, SI. warm the bench, twiddle one's thumbs, not stir, not budge; rest, coast, drift, lay back, be inactive,
vegetation, n. 1. plant life, flora, herbage, foliage, leafage, frondescence, umbrage; shrubbery, greenery, verdure, flowerage, vegetable life, plants.
2. passivity, inertia, motionlessness, inactivity, inanimation; mindlessness, brainlessness, unthinkingness; brain death, coma; stagnancy, dormancy, immobility, stasis, paralysis; idleness, indolence, sluggishness, otiosity, torpor, lethargy, languor, inaction,
vehemence, n. 1. ardor, fervor, fervency, zeal, eagerness, verve, enthusiasm, dan, ebullience, exuberance, zest, vim, vigor, spirit; gusto, relish, zing, punch, pep; heart, soul, intensity, heartiness, dash; effervescence, flurry, animation, Fr. empressement, abandon; wholeheartedness, intentness, earnestness, devotion, seriousness, devoutness, sincerity.
2. fury, frenzy, passion, impetuosity, wildness; warmth, fire, flame, heat, feverishness; furor, rage, violence, ferment, excitability, fieriness; madness, transport, ecstasy; tempestuousness, storminess, turbulence, tumult; fierceness, keenness, savagery, roughness, rigor, harshness; virulence, acerbity, acrimony, acuteness, venom,
vehement, adj. 1. ardent, fervid, zealous, impassioned, fervent; earnest, intent, keen, eager, enthusiastic; animated, excited, perfervid, ebullient, exuberant, zestful; spirited, vigorous, peppy, SI. gung-ho; hearty, lusty, passionate, hot-blooded, hot, breathless; SI. steamed up about, SI. all hopped about, SI. ape about, SI. wild about, SI. crazy about; intense, high-pressure, forceful, vibrant, vivid; heady, racy, potent, lively, snappy.