verse

About 19.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

   Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.

2. noun Poetic form in general.

   The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.

3. noun One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

   Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.

4. noun A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
5. noun A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
6. verb To compose verses.
7. verb To tell in verse, or poetry.
8. verb to educate about, to teach about.

   He versed us in the finer points of category theory.

Similar words

rhyme versify poetry poetize poesy verse line stanza poem limerick couplet

Often followed by

of is and in to from that was by

Word family

versed verses versing