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Webster 1913 Edition


Vanner

Van′ner

,
Noun.
(Mining)
A machine for concentrating ore. See
Frue vanner
.

Definition 2024


vanner

vanner

See also: vänner

English

Noun

vanner (plural vanners)

  1. One who owns and drives a van.
  2. A machine for concentrating ore.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.ne/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin vannare

Verb

vanner

  1. (agriculture, transitive) to winnow
  2. (transitive) to shake about, jolt, jostle
  3. (transitive) to scrutinise (analyse thoroughly)
  4. (colloquial) to knacker, tire out, flush
  5. (cooking) to stir (a sauce or soup) to avoid the formation of a skin
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

vanne (floodgate) + -er

Verb

vanner

  1. (transitive) to provide [a river] with sluice gates or floodgates
Conjugation

Etymology 3

vanne (wisecrack) + -er

Verb

vanner

  1. (intransitive) to kid, joke, crack jokes
  2. (transitive) to kid, joke with
Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vanner

  1. present tense of vanne