vads

Etymology
From the same stem as the verbs, (q.v.). The original meaning was thus “leader, one who leads”; the technical meaning of “duct, pipe, vessel” arose in the 1920s, under the influence of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Cognates include 🇨🇬, Slavic -voda in compounds such as 🇨🇬 historical, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) pipe, tube, duct, chute a cylindrical structure for transporting fluids
 * 2)  tube- or pipe-like organ in the body
 * 3) cable, wire used for electrical power transmission
 * 4) dragnet, seine
 * 5)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit
 * 1)  tube- or pipe-like organ in the body
 * 2) cable, wire used for electrical power transmission
 * 3) dragnet, seine
 * 4)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit
 * 1) cable, wire used for electrical power transmission
 * 2) dragnet, seine
 * 3)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit
 * 1) dragnet, seine
 * 2)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit
 * 1) dragnet, seine
 * 2)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit
 * 1)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit
 * 1)  platoon the lowest military tactical sub-unit