Vessel
noun
A ship or large boat.
The vessel sailed across the sea.
Often appears as...
- seaworthy vessel
- vessel sailing
noun
A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, like a cup or vase.
She filled the vessel with water.
Often appears as...
- glass vessel
- vessel filled
noun
A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
Blood vessels carry blood throughout the body.
Often appears as...
- blood vessels
- vascular vessels
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A ship or large boat.
The vessel sailed across the sea.
Often appears as...
- seaworthy vessel
- vessel sailing
noun
A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, like a cup or vase.
She filled the vessel with water.
Often appears as...
- glass vessel
- vessel filled
noun
A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
Blood vessels carry blood throughout the body.
Often appears as...
- blood vessels
- vascular vessels
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Use 'vessel' when talking about watercraft, especially in formal, nautical, or maritime discussions.
The naval vessel patrolled the international waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
'Vessel' often implies a larger or more significant boat or ship, not small recreational boats.
Cargo vessels are crucial for global trade.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutrality
The word 'vessel' is neutral and doesn't suggest any quality like speed, power, or luxury.
The fishing vessel returned at sunset.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Use 'vessel' when talking about watercraft, especially in formal, nautical, or maritime discussions.
The naval vessel patrolled the international waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
'Vessel' often implies a larger or more significant boat or ship, not small recreational boats.
Cargo vessels are crucial for global trade.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutrality
The word 'vessel' is neutral and doesn't suggest any quality like speed, power, or luxury.
The fishing vessel returned at sunset.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Use 'vessel' when talking about watercraft, especially in formal, nautical, or maritime discussions.
The naval vessel patrolled the international waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Matters
'Vessel' often implies a larger or more significant boat or ship, not small recreational boats.
Cargo vessels are crucial for global trade.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutrality
The word 'vessel' is neutral and doesn't suggest any quality like speed, power, or luxury.
The fishing vessel returned at sunset.
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Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles to bug sprays to heavy-duty agricultural pesticides.
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Can we eat to starve...
and it's one that's going to help us conquer some of society's most dreaded conditions, including cancer. The revolution is called angiogenesis, and it's based on the process that our bodies use to grow blood vessels. So why should we care about blood vessels? Well, the human body is literally packed with them --
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Seven Superpowered...
their body helping them zip right through it this last adaptation is something that we humans have in common with them they are to an extent warm-blooded the structure of their blood vessels helps them retain heat more than most sharks why is this important think about it like this if you've ever been outside
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How a wound heals itself...
consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis, which contains blood vessels and the various glands and nerve endings
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How stress affects your...
As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster and raises your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension. Cortisol can also cause the endothelium, or inner lining of blood vessels,
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the cardiovascular and nervous systems are also utilized by the lymphatic system a collection of lymph nodes and vessels that help regulate the body's defenses
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Girls helping girls PIPE...
that her challenges for her strengths and that her flaws were simply vessels for her potential Rena opened her opened my eyes to realization that thousands of girls around the world were suffering from disorders such as mine simply because they did not have the self-worth
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What causes cavities? -...
Since blood vessels and nerves in our teeth are enclosed deep within, at this stage, the expanding cavity doesn't hurt. But if the damage extends beyond the dentin, the bacterial invasion progresses causing excruciating pain as the nerves become exposed.
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The history of the Cuban...
from a U.S. Navy vessel trying to signal it to come up. The commanders on the sub, too deep to communicate with the surface, thought war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo. That decision had to be made unanimously by three officers.
Video examples
Oxygen’s surprisingly...
that brings blood and oxygen close enough for diffusion. These oxygen-enriched cells are then carried from the lungs through the cardiovascular network, a massive collection of blood vessels that reaches every cell in the body.
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles to bug sprays to heavy-duty agricultural pesticides.
Video examples
Can we eat to starve...
and it's one that's going to help us conquer some of society's most dreaded conditions, including cancer. The revolution is called angiogenesis, and it's based on the process that our bodies use to grow blood vessels. So why should we care about blood vessels? Well, the human body is literally packed with them --
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
their body helping them zip right through it this last adaptation is something that we humans have in common with them they are to an extent warm-blooded the structure of their blood vessels helps them retain heat more than most sharks why is this important think about it like this if you've ever been outside
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
consists mostly of hardened cells, called keratinocytes, and provides protection. Since its outer layer is constantly being shed and renewed, it's pretty easy to repair. But sometimes a wound penetrates into the dermis, which contains blood vessels and the various glands and nerve endings
Video examples
How stress affects your...
As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster and raises your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension. Cortisol can also cause the endothelium, or inner lining of blood vessels,
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the cardiovascular and nervous systems are also utilized by the lymphatic system a collection of lymph nodes and vessels that help regulate the body's defenses
Video examples
Girls helping girls PIPE...
that her challenges for her strengths and that her flaws were simply vessels for her potential Rena opened her opened my eyes to realization that thousands of girls around the world were suffering from disorders such as mine simply because they did not have the self-worth
Video examples
What causes cavities? -...
Since blood vessels and nerves in our teeth are enclosed deep within, at this stage, the expanding cavity doesn't hurt. But if the damage extends beyond the dentin, the bacterial invasion progresses causing excruciating pain as the nerves become exposed.
Video examples
The history of the Cuban...
from a U.S. Navy vessel trying to signal it to come up. The commanders on the sub, too deep to communicate with the surface, thought war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo. That decision had to be made unanimously by three officers.
Video examples
Oxygen’s surprisingly...
that brings blood and oxygen close enough for diffusion. These oxygen-enriched cells are then carried from the lungs through the cardiovascular network, a massive collection of blood vessels that reaches every cell in the body.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Vicky Krieps
Luxembourger Actress
Actors actually have a feeling, like a sixth sense. They are like mediums. But it only works - you can only become this medium or this vessel to transport emotions and images and feelings - if you are not too full of yourself. Otherwise, there wouldn't be space for a story to live inside of you or a world to evolve in you and around you.
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Ilana Glazer
American Actress
The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.
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Liz Cambage
Australian Basketball Player
When I'm down and out, some days I really don't understand why I was given this vessel, this body, that is so different and has been treated so differently my whole life.
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Lauren Wasser
Your body is a vessel. It doesn't really matter. It's what you leave here and how you influence other people's lives - that's what legacy you'll leave behind.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
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Leslie Odom, Jr.
American Actor
If you're an open channel when you're onstage, if you're just a vessel, things are going to come out that are stored away deep in your DNA.
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Rutina Wesley
American Actress
I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
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Erica Durance
Canadian Actress
I think that you can't help but bring pieces of who you are. No matter what you do, it comes through you as a vessel.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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Vicky Krieps
Luxembourger Actress
Actors actually have a feeling, like a sixth sense. They are like mediums. But it only works - you can only become this medium or this vessel to transport emotions and images and feelings - if you are not too full of yourself. Otherwise, there wouldn't be space for a story to live inside of you or a world to evolve in you and around you.
Quote examples
Ilana Glazer
American Actress
The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.
Quote examples
Liz Cambage
Australian Basketball Player
When I'm down and out, some days I really don't understand why I was given this vessel, this body, that is so different and has been treated so differently my whole life.
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Lauren Wasser
Your body is a vessel. It doesn't really matter. It's what you leave here and how you influence other people's lives - that's what legacy you'll leave behind.
Quote examples
Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
Quote examples
Leslie Odom, Jr.
American Actor
If you're an open channel when you're onstage, if you're just a vessel, things are going to come out that are stored away deep in your DNA.
Quote examples
Rutina Wesley
American Actress
I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.
Quote examples
Plato
Greek Philosopher
To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.
Quote examples
Erica Durance
Canadian Actress
I think that you can't help but bring pieces of who you are. No matter what you do, it comes through you as a vessel.
Quote examples
Kanye West
American Rapper
I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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