versant
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2013
Most of the rivers of the northern versant are comparatively small, as the island narrows into a kind of promontory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
Those versant in the matter can alone venture to undertake it with common hives, whereas, every cultivator can do it himself with the leaf hives.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
On the inland versant a narrow native shaft has been sunk for gold by Mr. Sam, now native agent under Mr. Crocker.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Remarks.—Previous authors who treated Syrrhophus placed this species in the western complex, because it occurs on the Pacific versant and has a reduced outer palmar tubercle.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word