verse
- Noun. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- Noun. Poetic form in general.
- Noun. One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
- Noun. A section of the Jewish or Christian Bible corresponding to a sentence in the original.(fact, Christian Bible verses do not seem to necessarily correspond to sentences.) .
- Verb. To educate about, to teach about.
- Verb. (obsolete) To compose verses.
- Verb. (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.
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