Ads
Shop Industrial Vises www.mscdirect.com/Vises Browse Industrial Vises by Brand, Type & Size. Same Day Shipping!
Vise www.chdist.com/ Get Great Deals on Clearance Items. Same Day Shipping & 3 yr Guarantee!
noun
1.
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
verb (used with object)
2.
to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
Also, vice.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)
1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)
Related forms
vise·like, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
zeɪ, viˈzeɪ
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To vise
00:10
Vise
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
| to bark; yelp. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
vice or vise2 (vaɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an appliance for holding an object while work is done upon it, usually having a pair of jaws |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to grip (something) with or as if with a vice |
| [C15: from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)] | |
| vise or vise2 | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C15: from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)] | |
| 'vicelike or vise2 | |
| —adj | |
| 'viselike or vise2 | |
| —adj | |
| vise (vaɪs) | |
| —n, —vb | |
| (US) a variant spelling of vice | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
vise
c.1300, "device like a screw or winch for bending a crossbow or catapult," from O.Fr. vis, viz "screw," from L. vitis "vine, tendril of a vine," lit. "that which winds," from base of viere "to bind, twist" (see withy). The meaning "clamping tool with two jaws closed by a screw"
is first recorded 1500.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
