vessel, n. 1. craft, boat, ship, packet, ark; freighter, cargo ship, commercial ship, merchantman; collier, tanker, oil tanker, liner, ocean liner; flagship, galleon, carrack, clipper, Naut. bark, Naut. brig, Naut. brigantine, Naut. galley, Class. Hist, trireme; warship, battleship, corvette; yawl, Naut. ketch, Naut. schooner, junk, felucca, sloop, cutter, Naut. knockabout; ferry, ferryboat, tug, tugboat; houseboat, barge, flatboat, scow; steamer, steamship, steamboat; lighter, Naut. pram; whaleboat, whaler, trawler, fishing boat, Eastern U.S. smack; sailboat, sailer, Inf. windjammer, day sailer, pinnance, catboat, Naut. catamaran; yacht, pleasure boat, cruiser, cabin cruiser; motorboat, speedboat, hydroplane, hydrofoil; rowboat, skiff, shallop, dinghy, tender, lifeboat, cockboat, cockle-boat, Naut. cockleshell, launch, scull, shell, caique, Naut. gig, dory, Chiefly Brit, punt, sampan, gondola; canoe, kayak, dugout.
2. hollow utensil, container, canister, metal box, can, receptacle; jar, crock, pot; bottle, jug, decanter, carafe, flagon, pitcher; bowl, tankard, stein, mug, beaker, cup, glass, tumbler, goblet, chalice; vase, urn, lachrymatory; barrel, keg, cask, hogshead; pail, bucket, tub, vat, cauldron, kettle, boiler.
vest, n. 1. Chiefly Brit, waistcoat, jerkin, sleeveless jacket, doublet; dickey, vestee.
-v. 2. clothe, dress, robe, attire, apparel, garb, array, habit; dress up, deck out, Inf doll up, Inf. gussy up, SI. dude up, SI. swank up, SI. trick up.
3. invest, endow, endue, give, grant, confer, bestow.
vested, adj. 1. permanent, invariable, fixed, set, stable, constant; inalienable, unrevokable, unrepealable, unannullable.
2. (all by law) protected, garanteed, insured, warranted, established, authorized, sanctioned, legalized.
3. clothed, robed, dressed, outfitted, habited, garbed, arrayed.
vestibule, n. entrance hall, lobby, foyer, parlor, locutorium; antechamber, anteroom, waiting room, lounge, reception room, outer room, outer office; passage, hall, entrance, entranceway, Archit. narthex, propylaeum, propylon, entrance porch, loggia.
vestige, n. 1. trace, mark, sign, token, indication; scent, whiff, spoor; imprint, impression, track, print, footprint, handprint, fingerprint; fossil, petrifaction, remains, reliquiae, relics, fragments, remaining parts or pieces, surviving evidence; scar, Med. cicatrix, psychological scar, trauma.
2. hint, suggestion, touch, tinge, suspicion, soupfon, inkling; drop, dab, bit, jot, iota, dash, trifle.
vestment, n. 1. Usu.
vestments Chiefly Literary. clothing, clothes, garb, attire, apparel, wearing apparel, wear; garments, raiment, habiliments, habits, Inf. toggery, Inf. togs, Inf. duds, Inf gear.