Meaning

4 senses
  1. (poetic, uncountable)Sexual activity or intercourse; sex; lust, love.

  2. (countable)Any depiction of an idealized or erotic figure of a nude woman, especially one in a mythological setting.

  3. (broadly, countable)Any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.

  4. (obsolete, uncountable)Copper (a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element).

More definitions
  • type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
  • the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early ‘morning star’ or an ‘evening star’
  • goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

Examples

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  1. Venus is way too hot to explore.

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  2. Venus is a planet.

    ruВенера — планета.

    deDie Venus ist ein Planet.

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  3. Is it possible to see Venus tonight?

    ruМожно ли сегодня ночью увидеть Венеру?

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  4. Venus' air pressure is very high.

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  5. Venus' atmospheric pressure is very high.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.

Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.

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Forms

plural: Venuses / Veneres
SingularVenus
PluralVenuses / Veneres

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells:genus Venus
  • goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite:Urania

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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