vet

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Clipping of veterinarian.

vet (plural vets)

1. (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎:

     Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.

• vet tech

Clipping of veteran.

vet (plural vets)

1. (colloquial, US) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).

Although veteran can be used in many contexts such as sports or business to describe someone with many years of experience, vet is usually used only for former military personnel.

Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"

vet (third-person singular simple present vets, present participle vetting, simple past and past participle vetted)

1. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

   The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

• evaluate

• vetter

OED2

• ETV, EVT, TeV, Vte

• vetë, vehte

i vet

1. his, her or their own

   Aleksandëri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.

   Aleksandër is with Alban and his (own) dog.

Used in contexts where i tij (“his”), i saj (“her”) or i tyre (“their”) would be ambiguous. In the example sentence above, if "e vet" were replaced with "e tij", it would more likely refer to Alban's dog. The use of "vet" removes this ambiguity.

vet

1. coconut

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

From Latin veto.

vet m (plural vets)

1. veto

From Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.

1. there is

   vet aquí

   here's

• heus

From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz, originally a past participle.

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• IPA^(key): /vɛt/

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vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

1. fat
2. greasy
3. (informal) cool

   Wow, vet!

vet n (plural vetten)

1. fat
2. grease

• frituurvet

vet

1. (colloquial) very

   Hij is vet dik.

   He's very fat.

• evt.

Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wettä- (“to throw, fling, toss”). [1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]

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vet

1. (transitive) to throw, cast
2. to sow

   ki mint vet, úgy arat – reap what one sows

• hányaveti
• meghány-vet
• vedlik
• vetél
• vetélkedik
• vetekedik
• vetekszik
• vetemedik
• vetemény
• vetés
• vetetlen
• vetett
• vetít
• vetkőzik
• vetődik
• vetül

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

• aki szelet vet, vihart arat
• keresztet vet

From Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz, originally a past participle.

vet

1. fat, large (of humans or animals)
2. (rich in) fat
3. fatty, greasy
4. fertile, rich in nutrients (of land)

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vet
• Limburgish: vèt

vet n

1. fat
2. grease

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: vet
• Limburgish: vèt

• “vet (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “vet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• veit

vet

1. present of vite

vet

1. imperative of veta and vete

vet

1. Present tense of veta; know, knows

   Jag vet inte.

   I do not know.

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Gutnish vit, Elfdalian wit and Blekingian vôjt.

vet n

1. wits, reason

• vetta
• vükk
• vitvilling

From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *wētijǭ.

vêt f

1. milk or other liquid eaten with porridge
2. humid weather

From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną.

vêt (preterite vêtt, supine vett)

1. to wet, water