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van

/væn/

Translations

vannoun

vans

/væn/

фургон

The delivery company uses a van to transport packages.

Компания по доставке использует фургон для транспортировки посылок.

микроавтобус

The family rented a van for their road trip.

Семья арендовала микроавтобус для своей поездки.

Additional translations

Synonyms

utility vehicle

vanverb

vanned

Past Simple

vanned

Past Participle

vanning

Gerund

Archaic/transitive: ‘to winnow (grain)’, still attested in specialised contexts.

Synonyms

vanadjective

/væn/

Attributive use: used before another noun to denote connection with vans (vehicles).

Synonyms

Definitions

vannoun

A type of vehicle that is larger than a car and is used for transporting goods or people.

The delivery company uses a van to transport packages across the city.

A covered vehicle with no side windows in its rear part, used for transporting goods.

The moving company loaded all the furniture into the van for the move.

A railway carriage for carrying luggage, mail, or goods.

The train's van was filled with parcels and mail bags.

The forefront or leading position in an activity, movement, or field; the vanguard.

The scientist worked in the van of genetic research.

vanverb

To winnow grain by means of a fan or in a current of air.

Farm workers once vanned the harvested wheat to separate the chaff.

vanadjective

Relating to or designed for vans (road vehicles).

They run a van rental business.