verse
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Noun 4 meanings
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
“Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.”
Poetic form in general.
“The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.”
One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
“Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.”
A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
Verb 3 meanings
To tell in verse, or poetry.
to educate about, to teach about.
“He versed us in the finer points of category theory.”
To oppose, to compete against.
Etymology
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).
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VERSE at a glance
VERSE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,283 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with verse
All rhymesOne letter away
- VERGE9
- VERVE11
- VERSO8
- TERSE5
- PERSE7
- HERSE8
- MERSE7
- VERST8
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