Illustration of vise
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vise
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈvīs 
1
: any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam
2
: something likened to a vise
economic vise of slow growth and rampant price increases
David Milne
David Milne viselike
ˈvīs-ˌlīk
adjective vise
2 of 4verb (1)
vised; vising
transitive verb
: to hold, force, or squeeze with or as if with a vise
visé
3 of 4verb (2)
vi·sé ˈvē-ˌzā
vē-ˈzā
viséd or viséed; viséing
transitive verb
: visa
visé
4 of 4noun (2)
: visa
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English vys, vice screw, from Anglo-French vyz, from Latin vitis vine — more at withy
Verb (2)
French, past participle of viser to visa, from visa
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1602, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1810, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1842, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
vise
noun
ˈvīs
: a device with two jaws that can be opened and closed by a screw or lever for holding or clamping work
devises
verb
as in concocts
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- concocts
- invents
- constructs
- designs
- manufactures
- hatches
- contrives
- produces
- conceives
- trumps up
- drums up
- excogitates
- fabricates
- improvises
- envisions
- dreams
- comes up with
- visualizes
- cooks (up)
- makes up
- visions
- vamps (up)
- thinks (up)
- fantasizes
- coins
- envisages
- daydreams
- extemporizes
- imagines
- pictures
- ad-libs
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mimics
- imitates
- replicates
- reproduces
- duplicates
- copies
- clones
- reduplicates
- copycats