Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).

  2. (Internet)Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).

  3. To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

Examples

390 sentences
  1. Tom told Mary to get in the van.

    Том сказав Мері сісти до фургона. — deniko

  2. Tom's van is parked in the driveway.

    Мікроавтобус Тома припаркований біля будинку. — deniko

  3. Tom got out of the van.

  4. Tom drove a van here today.

  5. I don't often drive a van.

Origin

Short for caravan. From Cornish.

Short for caravan.

From Cornish.

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Forms

vans, vanning, vanned, vanned
Base formvan · to van
3rd person singularvans
Present participlevanning
Past simplevanned
Past participlevanned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvan
he, she, itvans

Past simpleLesson

all personsvanned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave vanned
he, she, ithas vanned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill van

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • in the van
  • drove a van
  • of the van
  • into the van
  • blue van
  • black van

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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