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vert

1

[ vurt ]

noun

  1. English Forest Law.
    1. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
    2. the right to cut such vegetation.
  2. Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.


adjective

  1. Heraldry. of the tincture green:

    a lion vert.

vert.

2

abbreviation for

  1. vertical.

vert.

1

abbreviation for

  1. vertical


vert

2

/ vɜːt /

noun

  1. English legal history
    1. the right to cut green wood in a forest
    2. the wood itself
  2. heraldry
    1. the colour green
    2. ( as adjective, usually postpositive )

      a table vert

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vert1

1400–50; late Middle English verte < Anglo-French, Middle French vert, verd < Latin viridis green, equivalent to vir ( ēre ) to be green + -idis, apparently irregular for -idus -id 4

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vert1

C15: from Old French verd, from Latin viridis green, from virēre to grow green

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Example Sentences

However, instead of forcing himself into high-volume training right away, he put more focus on rest and recovery while also mixing in long days on his feet with big vert.

In June 2020, she suffered a horrific crash that involved a 15-foot fall off the side of a vert ramp, leaving the 11-year-old with a fractured skull and broken arm.

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Looking at the leaderboard right now, even 20th place has over 125K of vert.

It’s steep—1,000 feet up in the first mile—so it’s just tons of vert, and it’s good training, good conditioning for my legs.

The tiny creatures “drop the vert ramp” and do extreme stunts in a tiny skate park built by Willmott.

Claude de Vert died; he devoted much attention to the ceremonies of the church of Rome, of which he wrote a history.

A lizard (as supposed) vert, escaping from the trunk of an old tree, proper.

When he got back to the Le Vert House with his unpleasant discovery he was burning like a furnace.

It is always a good thing in life to be able to become un beau vert, even though the colour should not quite suit you.

At my request, two detectives lived and slept at Vert-Logis.

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