EGAVE

veronica

About 1.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
  2. noun A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
  3. noun A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
  4. verb To draw a muleta over and away from a bull's face in bullfighting.

Similar words

speedwell mrs originally veronika veronique brooklime gypsyweed ecce homo theca true cross

Often followed by

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Word family

veronicas

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