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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

VD en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The design diving speed of an aircraft; the highest speed which the aircraft is planned to reach during flight testing. Always higher than VNE (the speed that must not be exceeded in service).
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of venereal disease.
    • I should download her audio on MP3 / And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD 2000, “The Real Slim Shady”, in The Marshall Mathers LP, performed by Eminem:
    • One of the things I've learned traveling around America is how many people have relied on the Joy of Gay Sex as their primary source of information, about not only sexual positions and activities, but about things like V.D., sexual dysfunction, coming out with the family, and dealing with feelings of guilt related to religion. 1979 April 21, Tommi Avicolli, Edmund White, “Talking With Edmund White”, in Gay Community News, page 10:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
V.D. alternative lexicographic
VDs Number=Plur lexicographic
V. D. alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

Vy · V2 · VNE · Vyse · Vs · Vxse · V1 · Vx · VMO · VR · Vs0

Synonyms

STD · STI

wikidata: Q12198