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Webster 1913 Edition

Vang

Vang

,
Noun.
[D.
vangen
to catch, seize. See
Fang
.]
(Naut.)
A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vang

VANG

, n.
1.
The vangs of a ship are a sort of braces to steady the mizen-gaff.
2.
The thin membranous part or web of a feather.

Definition 2024

Vang

Vang

See also: vang, vàng, vâng, and vắng

Norwegian

Proper noun

Vang

  1. A municipality in Oppland, Norway

vang

vang

See also: Vang, vàng, vâng, and vắng

English

Verb

vang ‎(third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for.
  2. (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the Font; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Dutch vangen ‎(“to catch”).

Noun

vang ‎(plural vangs)

  1. (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position
Hyponyms
Translations

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- ‎(“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vìngis ‎(“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon ‎(“to shake, totter, stagger”).

Noun

vang m

  1. (b)rim, felloe
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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Verb

vang

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vangen
  2. imperative of vangen

Mizo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑːŋ/

Etymology 1

Adjective

vang

  1. scarce
  2. rare

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

vang

  1. cause
  2. reason

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

vang

  1. to echo; to resound

Derived terms

  • âm vang

Etymology

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen ‎(“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn ‎(“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga ‎(“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną ‎(“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- ‎(“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange ‎(“to catch”), Dutch vangen ‎(“to catch”), German fangen ‎(“to catch”), Danish fange ‎(“to catch”). More at fang.

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