van
/væn/
verb
- To transport or carry something in a van.
- The company vanned the donated clothes to the shelter.
- We vanned all the camping gear to the national park.
- They vanned the artwork to the gallery for the exhibition.
noun
- A medium-sized road vehicle used for carrying goods or people, typically with a boxy shape and no side windows in the cargo area.
- A white van pulled up in front of the school to drop off supplies.
- We rented a van to move all the furniture to our new apartment.
- The delivery driver loaded the packages into the back of the van.
- A railway carriage for carrying luggage, mail, or goods.
- Mail was sorted in the railway van during the long journey.
- They stored the bicycles in the guard's van at the end of the train.
- The guard checked the luggage van before the train departed.
- The leading or forefront position in a movement, field, or activity (short for 'vanguard').
- These researchers are at the van of medical breakthroughs.
- She was in the van of the movement for equal rights.
- The company has been in the van of technological innovation for decades.