| valentine |
A valentine is a greeting card or gift sent on Valentine's Day. When you give a valentine to someone, it means that you like them or love them. [2 definitions] |
| Valentine's Day |
Valentine's Day is a holiday that is celebrated on February 14 every year. It is a day that celebrates love and friendship. On Valentine's Day, people often give special cards, candy, flowers, or other nice things to people they care about. Cards that people give on this day are called valentines, and they are often decorated with hearts, which stand for love. |
| valley |
A valley is an area of low land between mountains or hills. |
| valuable |
When something is valuable, it is worth a lot of money. [2 definitions] |
| value |
The value of something is how important or useful it seems to people. If something has a high value, people want to have it or keep it. If something has a low value, people don't care much if they never have it or if they lose it. [3 definitions] |
| vanilla |
Vanilla is a substance that comes from the fruit of a certain plant. It is used to add flavor to foods. Vanilla is very often used in ice cream and baked things like cookies and cake. When the color of ice cream is white, it usually has the flavor of vanilla. The plant that gives us vanilla grows in warm, tropical countries. [2 definitions] |
| Vanuatu |
Vanuatu is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. It has a warm climate, tropical forests, and beautiful, sandy beaches. Vanuatu often has earthquakes, and sometimes they are large. |
| vapor |
When something that is a liquid is changed into a gas, the gas is called vapor. |
| various |
When there are various things, it means that there are many different kinds of things. |
| vase |
A vase is an open container that is used to hold flowers. It can also be used as a decoration. A vase is often made of glass or pottery. |
| Vatican City |
Vatican City is an important center for the religion of Christianity. Vatican City makes up a tiny part of the city of Rome in the country of Italy. Even though Vatican City is located in Italy, it has a completely independent government. |
| vegetable |
A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant that is used for food. Lettuce, onions, carrots, and potatoes are some vegetables. |
| vehicle |
A vehicle is something used to carry and move people or things. Cars, bicycles, airplanes, and trains are some kinds of vehicles. |
| vein |
A vein is one of the small, natural tubes inside the body that carry blood toward your heart. Veins look blue in color. Sometimes you can see them under people's skin. |
| velvet |
Velvet is a very soft, thick kind of cloth. We think of velvet as something that is fancy and special. A girl or woman might wear a dress made of velvet to a fancy party. |
| Venezuela |
Venezuela is a country in South America. Its neighbors are Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana. Venezuela lies on the shore of the Caribbean Sea. Much of Venezuela is covered with mountains and jungles. Many kinds of interesting animals live in these areas of Venezuela, such as capybaras, monkeys, crocodiles, piranhas, giant river otters, and anteaters. Most of the people of Venezuela live in the large cities near the sea in the north. |
| Venus |
Venus is a large round object out in space. Like Earth, it is a planet that travels around the sun. Venus is much hotter than Earth, though, because it is closer to the sun than Earth. There are thick clouds around Venus all the time. A lot of light from the sun hits these clouds and bounces away, like light on a mirror. This light makes Venus look very bright in the sky when we see it from Earth. |
| verb |
A verb is a kind of word in a sentence. Words like "walked," "jumped," "go," and "sing" are verbs. Verbs often describe actions, but words like "is," "are," "was," and "seem" are verbs too. Verbs can change form to tell people whether you are talking about something happening now or something in the past. When we say "I see," we are talking about something happening now, but when we say "I saw," we are talking about something that happened in the past. |
| Vermont |
Vermont is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Vermont is VT. |
| very |
If something is funny, it makes you laugh, but when something is very funny, it makes you laugh a lot. If you are hungry, you can probably wait a little while to eat something. If you are very hungry, your want to eat something right now. When you say the word very, it makes your meaning stronger. [4 definitions] |
| vet1 |
Vet is a short word for veterinarian. A veterinarian is a doctor that takes care of animals. |