vise
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vise
a clamp for holding metal or wood in place: I used a vise to hold the wood as I sawed it in half.
Not to be confused with:
vice – a bad habit; serious moral failing: Drinking too much is a vice.
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vise
also vice (vīs)n.
A heavy clamp, usually mounted on a workbench and operated by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.
tr.v. vised, vis·ing, vis·es also viced or vic·ing or vic·es
To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.
[Middle English vis, screwlike device, from Old French, screw, from Latin vītis, vine (from its spiral wrappings); see wei- in Indo-European roots.]
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vise
(vaɪs)n, vb
(Tools) US a variant spelling of vice 2
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vise
or vice
(vaɪs)n., v. vised, vis•ing. n.
1. any of various devices, usu. having two jaws adjusted by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
v.t. 2. to hold, press, or squeeze with or as if with a vise.
[1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin vītis vine]
vise′like`, adj.
vi•sé
(ˈvi zeɪ, viˈzeɪ)n., v.t. vi•séed, vi•sé•ing.
[1810–20; < French, past participle of viser to inspect, check; see visa]
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vise
Past participle: vised
Gerund: vising
| Imperative |
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| vise |
| vise |
| Present |
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| I vise |
| you vise |
| he/she/it vises |
| we vise |
| you vise |
| they vise |
| Preterite |
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| I vised |
| you vised |
| he/she/it vised |
| we vised |
| you vised |
| they vised |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am vising |
| you are vising |
| he/she/it is vising |
| we are vising |
| you are vising |
| they are vising |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have vised |
| you have vised |
| he/she/it has vised |
| we have vised |
| you have vised |
| they have vised |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was vising |
| you were vising |
| he/she/it was vising |
| we were vising |
| you were vising |
| they were vising |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had vised |
| you had vised |
| he/she/it had vised |
| we had vised |
| you had vised |
| they had vised |
| Future |
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| I will vise |
| you will vise |
| he/she/it will vise |
| we will vise |
| you will vise |
| they will vise |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have vised |
| you will have vised |
| he/she/it will have vised |
| we will have vised |
| you will have vised |
| they will have vised |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be vising |
| you will be vising |
| he/she/it will be vising |
| we will be vising |
| you will be vising |
| they will be vising |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been vising |
| you have been vising |
| he/she/it has been vising |
| we have been vising |
| you have been vising |
| they have been vising |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been vising |
| you will have been vising |
| he/she/it will have been vising |
| we will have been vising |
| you will have been vising |
| they will have been vising |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been vising |
| you had been vising |
| he/she/it had been vising |
| we had been vising |
| you had been vising |
| they had been vising |
| Conditional |
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| I would vise |
| you would vise |
| he/she/it would vise |
| we would vise |
| you would vise |
| they would vise |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have vised |
| you would have vised |
| he/she/it would have vised |
| we would have vised |
| you would have vised |
| they would have vised |
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Noun 1. [画像:vise - a holding device attached to a workbench]vise - a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
holding device - a device for holding something
jaw - holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
machinist's vise, metalworking vise - a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide opening below
shoulder vise, wood vise, woodworking vise - a vise with jaws that are padded in order to hold lumber without denting it
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Translations
svěrák
ruuvipuristin
mengele
satu
thorno
primež
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