Definition of "verse" in English

noun

1. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

   • Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.

2. Poetic form in general.

   • The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.

3. One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

   • Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.

4. A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)

5. (music) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

verb

1. (obsolete) To compose verses.

2. (transitive) To tell in verse, or poetry.

3. (transitive, figurative) to educate about, to teach about.

   • He versed us in the finer points of category theory.

verb

1. (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) To oppose, to compete against.