vee

noun

1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.

   “Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess.”

   “RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".”

2. Something with the shape of the letter V.

   “This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.”

   “One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.”

   “The river leapt and rippled like a lizard. Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.”

   “York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.”

3. The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
4. The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
5. A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
6. A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.
7. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of vee.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Venezuelan equine encephalitis/encephalomyelitis.

verb

1. To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process.

   “As the metal melts it is veed out with the paddle for about 2 in.”

   “Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.”

name

1. A female given name, short for names beginning with V.