WikiWord

English

verses

/-əz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  2. Poetic form in general.
  3. One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
  4. A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
  5. A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
  6. To compose verses.
  7. To tell in verse, or poetry.
  8. To educate about, to teach about.
  9. To oppose, to compete against, especially in a video game.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
verses — meaning and etymology | WikiWord