Etymology Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas.
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An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
a vase of flowers
[T]hey ate delicious food in a delightful dining-room that looked like a Cornish tea shoppe, with vases of flowers and fascinating wildlife pictures all over the walls.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 110:
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas.
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To place in a vase or similar container.
She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.2009, Emily Bobo, Marvin Bell, Fugue, page 21:
After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar. That seemed a fitting centerpiece for the table.2021, Christine DePetrillo, Wolf Love, page 172:
VASE
noun
Etymology initialism of VAriable domain Spliced Exon
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an exon of NCAM; it is thought to correlate with an inhibition of the neurite outgrowth-promoting properties of this protein