Verse

French Meaning

verset

vers

couplet

strophe

poésie

versifier

English Meaning

  1. A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry.
  2. A division of a metrical composition, such as a stanza of a poem or hymn.
  3. A poem.
  4. Metrical or rhymed composition as distinct from prose; poetry.
  5. The art or work of a poet.
  6. A group of poems: read a book of satirical verse.
  7. Metrical writing that lacks depth or artistic merit.
  8. A particular type of metrical composition, such as blank verse or free verse.
  9. One of the numbered subdivisions of a chapter in the Bible.
  10. To versify or engage in versifying.
  11. To familiarize by study or experience: He versed himself in philosophy.