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# vane

noun (a vane, vanes)

«vane» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A weather vane is a pointer on top of a building that turns in the wind to show which way the wind is blowing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#m1)
2. A flat blade, such as on a windmill or fan, that is turned by wind or water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in science and weather lessons: making a weather vane to find wind direction with a compass (N, E, S, W). On old churches and farms: a weather vane shaped like a rooster.

### Examples

- The weather vane points north today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#x1)
- We made a weather vane from a straw and a pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#x2)
- The rooster on the church is a weather vane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#x3)
- Wind turns the vanes of the windmill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#x4)
- A weather vane shows where the wind comes from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#x5)
- The vane spun in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Homophones: "vein" (a blood tube) and "vain" (too proud of your looks, or useless: in vain). A weather vane points to where the wind is blowing from.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vane.html) on Mova free.