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Get to know Vetch better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like legume.

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Vetch in a sentence

Vetch meaning

  1. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
  2. Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

Synonyms of Vetch

legume leguminous plant

Related words

Other words often associated with Vetch or its synonyms:

herb vegetable veggie pod

Using Vetch

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds. | Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.
  • Useful related words include: legume, leguminous plant.
  • In the example corpus, vetch often appears in combinations such as: hairy vetch.

Context around Vetch

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

hairy 2× kidney 1× friend 1×

Often after:

instead 1× realizing 1×

Sentence patterns with Vetch

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ged and vetch realizing that 1× his friend vetch 1× of hairy vetch and rye 1× of kidney vetch the only 1× seed hairy vetch instead of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ahead of corn 1× ged escapes the 1× he believes in 1× they embrace and 1× yellow clusters of 1×

Common sentence endings:

a carbon penalty 1× his friend vetch 1× part of himself 1× spring and summer 1× vetch and rye 1×

Words around Vetch

Just before it in the word index:

vetaw 3 veta 8 vet 632 vesuvius 34 vesty 3 vesture 6

Just after it in the word index:

vetdogs 5 vete 2 vetements 7 veteran 3.966 veterans 3.234 veterinarian 237

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Vetch

  • In this selection, "vetch" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hairy, kidney, friend, instead and realizing stand out and add context to how "vetch" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ged and vetch realizing that and his friend vetch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vetch" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vetch

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Ged escapes the island and continues his pursuit, eventually meeting and traveling with his friend Vetch. (16 words)

Ahead of corn next year, he plans to seed hairy vetch instead of cereal rye to avoid a carbon penalty. (20 words)

He believes in the future those corn varieties could be planted earlier, and they could be planted directly into a green cover crop of hairy vetch and rye. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

They embrace and merge, with Ged and Vetch realizing that the shadow was part of Ged's spirit, and that Ged could only reunite with it by understanding and accepting it as part of himself. (35 words)

He believes in the future those corn varieties could be planted earlier, and they could be planted directly into a green cover crop of hairy vetch and rye. (28 words)

Yellow clusters of kidney vetch, the only wildflower where the small blue, Britain’s smallest butterfly, will lay its eggs, dominate the roadsides in the spring and summer. (28 words)

Example sentences (5)

Ahead of corn next year, he plans to seed hairy vetch instead of cereal rye to avoid a carbon penalty.

He believes in the future those corn varieties could be planted earlier, and they could be planted directly into a green cover crop of hairy vetch and rye.

Yellow clusters of kidney vetch, the only wildflower where the small blue, Britain’s smallest butterfly, will lay its eggs, dominate the roadsides in the spring and summer.

Ged escapes the island and continues his pursuit, eventually meeting and traveling with his friend Vetch.

They embrace and merge, with Ged and Vetch realizing that the shadow was part of Ged's spirit, and that Ged could only reunite with it by understanding and accepting it as part of himself.

Common combinations with vetch

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vetch" in a sentence?
An example: "Ahead of corn next year, he plans to seed hairy vetch instead of cereal rye to avoid a carbon penalty." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "vetch" from authentic English texts.
What does "vetch" mean?
Vetch means: Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
What are synonyms of "vetch"?
Common synonyms of "vetch" include: legume, leguminous plant.
How many example sentences with "vetch" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "vetch", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.