Verse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɝs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Verse is a noun meaning A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
Meaning
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
More Meanings
- Poetic form in general.
- One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
- A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
- (music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
- (transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.
- (transitive, figurative) to educate about, to teach about.
- (obsolete) To compose verses.
Example Sentences
playing on pipes of corn and versing love
It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet.
He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.
Word Forms
- verses
- versing
- versed
Synonyms for verse
Depending on context, synonyms include poetry, stanza, poesy, rhyme, versify, poetize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhyme, versify, poetry, poetize, poesy, stanza.
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