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Yes. The word vise is a Scrabble US word. The word vise is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word vise is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

VIES,VISE,

3-letter words (4 found)

SEI,SEV,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (3 found)

ES,IS,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from vise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of vise

vise ivse vsie svie isve sive vies ives veis evis ievs eivs vsei svei vesi evsi sevi esvi isev siev iesv eisv seiv esiv

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Definitions and meaning of vise

vise

Etymology 1

From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis, viz, from Latin vītis (“vine”); probably akin to English withe.

Alternative forms

  • vice (British English)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaɪs/
  • Homophone: vice
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

vise (plural vises)

  1. (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
  2. (figurative) A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
Translations

Verb

vise (third-person singular simple present vises, present participle vising, simple past and past participle vised)

  1. To clamp with or as with a vise.

Etymology 2

Verb

vise (third-person singular simple present vises, present participle viseing, simple past and past participle vised)

  1. Alternative form of visé

References

  • “vise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Ives, VIEs, vies

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪsɛ]

Verb

vise

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of viset

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋiːsə]
  • Rhymes: -iːsə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vísa f, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, *wīsǭ (“manner”), the same word as Danish vis, -vis, English -wise, German Weise.

Noun

vise c (singular definite visen, plural indefinite viser)

  1. song, ballad, ditty
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną, a variant of *wīsijaną, whence German weisen, Dutch wijzen. Both are derived from the Proto-Germanic adjective *wīsaz (“wise”), whence Danish vis.

Verb

vise (imperative vis, infinitive at vise, present tense viser, past tense viste, perfect tense har vist)

  1. to show
  2. (mathematics) to prove
  3. (reflexive) show off
Conjugation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vise

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of vis

French

Pronunciation

Verb

vise

  1. inflection of viser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • sévi, vies

Galician

Verb

vise

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ver

Latin

Participle

vīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of vīsus

Middle English

Noun

vise

  1. Alternative form of vice

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

vise

  1. definite singular/plural of vis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa (“a manner of singing”), related to vis.

Noun

vise f or m (definite singular visa or visen, indefinite plural viser, definite plural visene)

  1. lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody
Usage notes

The Scandinavian term vise is less comprehensive than the English song (Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Bokmål sang), German German Lied or French French chanson. The term sang is often citing a collective whereas the vise more commonly refers to an I.

Derived terms
Related terms
  • sang

Verb

vise (imperative vis, present tense viser, passive vises, simple past viste, past participle vist, present participle visende)

  1. to show
    vise fram til vennene våre ― show to our friends
  2. to send someone on their way
    vise noen til en dyktig lege ― send someone to a proficient physician
    vise bort ― turn away
Derived terms

References

  • “vise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • sive

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Alternative forms

  • visa (a infinitive)

Verb

vise (present tense viser, past tense viste, past participle vist, passive infinitive visast, present participle visande, imperative vis)

  1. (transitive) to show, point out
  2. (transitive) to send away
  3. (transitive) to demonstrate, to give proof of
  4. (intransitive) to be visible
Synonyms
  • (most senses): syna, syne
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vísa.

Noun

vise f (definite singular visa, indefinite plural viser, definite plural visene)

  1. lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vísir. Probably related to visk.

Noun

vise m (definite singular visen, indefinite plural visar, definite plural visane)

  1. top of cereal grass
  2. stalk and leaves of a plant
  3. flower

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vise

  1. definite singular of vis
  2. plural of vis

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vise

  1. neuter of visen

References

  • “vise” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • seiv, sevi, sive, vise-

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

vise

  1. locative singular of visa (“poison”)

Portuguese

Verb

vise

  1. inflection of visar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈvi.se]

Noun

vise n pl

  1. plural of vis

Synonyms

  • visuri

Phrase

vise

  1. dream on! in your dreams! (used to express skepticism about the possibility of an interlocutor's statement)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vise (Cyrillic spelling висе)

  1. third-person plural present of vȉsiti

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbise/ [ˈbi.se]
  • Rhymes: -ise
  • Syllabification: vi‧se

Verb

vise

  1. inflection of visar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

vise

  1. definite natural masculine singular of vis
  2. (dated) plural of vis
    de tre vise männen ― the three wise men, the Biblical Magi

Noun

vise c

  1. a queen bee

Declension

Related terms

References

  • vise in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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