Word of the Day: Vane

vane: \ veyn \  , noun;

1. a person who is readily changeable or fickle.

2. weather vane.

3. a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.

4. any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air...

Origin:

Vane  is a variant of the word fane , meaning “flag; banner.” It entered English in the mid-1400s.

 

Example sentences

*So it’s vane  to talk about blood since it’s wrong to judge national background on this single factor.

*Scan a feather and enlarge it to poster size and you’ll see each vane  and barb.

*He’s a bombast anyway, a vane  orator, the way so many pol’s are.

*The final effect was stately: a white building with a blue and white cupola topped by a weather vane .

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