van

noun8

1. •
   a covered vehicle driven on the road by an engine, bigger than a car but smaller than a truck, used for goods or a few people
2. •
   (UK) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
3. •
   A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
4. •
   (old-fashioned) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
5. •
   Clipping of vanguard.

   • Then a bumper to the Queen led the van of our good wishes, another to the Church Established, a third was left to the whim of the toaster[…] — 1698
6. •
   A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.

   • with strange amaze / A shepherd meeting thee, the oar surveys, / And names a van (Book XI) — 1726
7. •
   A wing with which the air is beaten.

   • So Satan fell; and strait a fiery Globe / Of Angels on full sail of wing flew nigh, / Who on their plumy Vans receiv'd him soft […] — 1671
8. •
   A shovel used in cleansing ore.

verb3

1. •
   To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).

   • [They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing. — 1999
2. •
   (Internet) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).

   • He later told CW that he had been "v&" or "vanned" by the police, and he expressed surprise that the police showed him detailed transcripts of his conversations. — 2012
3. •
   To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

noun5

1. •
   A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.
2. •
   A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.
3. •
   A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
4. •
   A Van cat.
5. •
   A Turkish Van cat.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of value-added network.