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# veld

noun (the veld, also veldt)

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

## Everyday

Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#m1)

### In the lessons

Geography: the veld is like the prairie in North America or the pampas in South America. Kipling's Just So Stories use the old spelling «veldt»: in «How the Leopard Got His Spots» the animals live on the sandy-yellow-brownish High Veldt before they move to the forest, and the Leopard and the Ethiopian follow them. Science: grassland animals such as zebra, antelope and lions.

### Examples

- Zebras graze on the African veld. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#x1)
- The Leopard hunted on the High Veldt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#x2)
- The veld turned green after the rains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#x3)
- Farmers keep cattle on the veld. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#x4)
- We read about the animals of the veld in geography. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#x5)
- The sun set over the wide, open veld. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veld/#x6)

### Note

Say «felt» or «velt» (from Afrikaans/Dutch «field»). Old spelling: veldt, used by Kipling. Usually «the veld».

## On Mova

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