Crossword clues for versatile
versatile
- Resourceful relatives adapted
- Relatives reform, being adaptable
- Adaptable - relatives
- It's a lever that may be turned to many uses
- Having many skills
- Unusual relatives with many skills
- Like baking soda and vinegar
- Having the proverbial 1,001 uses
- Adaptable — relatives (anag)
- Able to play many positions
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Versatile \Ver"sa*tile\, a. [L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See Verse.]
Capable of being turned round.
--Harte.Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.
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Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician.
Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile [Charles] Montagu.
--Macaulay. (Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. [1913 Webster] -- Ver"sa*tile*ly, adv. -- -- Ver"sa*tile*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "inconstant," from Latin versatilis "turning, revolving, moving, capable of turning with ease to varied subjects or tasks," from past participle stem of versare "keep turning, be engaged in something, turn over in the mind," frequentative of vertere "to turn" (see versus). Meaning "able to do many things well" is from 1762 in English.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Capable of doing many things competently. 2 Having varied uses or many functions. 3 Changeable or inconstant. 4 (context biology English) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
WordNet
adj. (used of persons) having many skills
having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" [syn: various]
changeable or inconstant; "versatile moods"
competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer"
able to move freely in all directions; "an owl's versatile toe can move backward and forward"; "an insect's versatile antennae can move up and down or laterally"; "a versatile anther of a flower moves freely in the wind"
Wikipedia
Versatile is a Canadian brand of agricultural equipment that has produced augers, swathers, and combine harvester. In the 1970s, it was an independent operation, founded by Peter Pakosh and Roy Robinson, that had 70% of the 4WD tractor market and then was later owned by Ford and Fiat's New Holland, spun off when Case-International merged with New Holland to form CNH Global.
Versatile was the first company to mass-produce articulated four-wheel drive tractors, starting in 1966 with the D100 and G100 four-wheel drives. Those ground-breaking tractors were primitive by modern standards, with a 6-cylinder diesel or 8-cylinder gas engine producing 100 horsepower. 1966 models sold for less than CA$10,000.
Daniel Pakosh also developed the first bi-directional tractor in the world. The Versatile 150 launched in 1977.
Four-wheel drive demand increased significantly, with Versatile becoming one of the leaders in four-wheel drive development and production. By the late 1970s the Versatile lineup included tractors ranging from 220 to 330 horsepower. With the 1980s came an expanded line of four-wheel drive tractors that stretched to 470 horsepower in the Versatile 1150.
On November 1, 2007, Combine manufacturer Rostselmash Inc. acquired 80% of the common shares of Versatile and it was announced that the Versatile brand name will again be the sole name associated with the tractor division.
Dmitry Lyubimov, President of Buhler Industries Inc, said the decision to rebrand the tractor division was not taken lightly. "We recognize the history that is tied to the Versatile name. There are still many older Versatile tractors at work on farms around the world. The name stands for well-built tractors that are powerful, simple, and easy to maintain. It is the same philosophy we use today and we are proud of that heritage. It is with great pride that we announce that the Versatile name is back."
The Versatile brand, known historically for four-wheel drive tractors, has expanded to include front-wheel assist tractors, self-propelled sprayers, precision seeding & tillage equipment, and combines.
Andrew Roettger better known as Versatile is a New Jersey-based American record producer, songwriter, and remixer. Versatile, is signed to BMG Publishing NYC and has his own company Versatile Music LLC.
Versatile has produced and remixed for artists like Chris Brown, Usher, Fabolous, Jay-Z, Maino, Ciara, Britney Spears, Joe Budden, Pittsburgh Slim, Nelly, Nelly Furtado, amongst others.
Versatile may refer to:
- Versatile (company), Canadian manufacturing company and brand of agricultural equipment by the company
- Versatile (producer), real name Andrew Roettger, American record producer, songwriter and remixer
- Versatile (sex), person who enjoys both being dominant and submissive, and may alternate between the two in sexual situations
- The Versatiles, a Jamaican reggae group
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, a Royal Navy destroyer that saw service in both world wars
Usage examples of "versatile".
Yet by contrast to the versatile apostrophe, they are stolid little chaps, to say the least.
The kerchief, like the brolly he carried slung from his shoulder, was a simple, versatile, and durable piece of gear with any number of survival uses.
It was not till the mid-1970s, with the development of the microchip, that computers grew small enough, versatile enough, and cheap enough to allow computerized machinery to become practical for industrial use.
If nothing distinct and external is considered necessary, but the substrate itself can become everything and adopt every character, like the versatile dancer in the pantomime, it ceases to be a substrate: it is, essentially, everything.
It was a noble illusion, doomed to failure, the versatile genius of language cried out against the monotony of their Utopia, and the crowds who were to people the unbuilded city of their dreams went straying after the feathered chiefs of the rebels, who, when the fulness of time was come, themselves received apotheosis and the honours of a new motley pantheon.
While it was practically a foregone conclusion that any man of the requisite caliber would already be a member of the Galaxian Society, the three planets and eight satellites were screened, psiontist by psiontist, to select the two strongest and most versatile of their breed.
In the third, Mesozoic country is often so overgrown and poorly drained that even the most versatile vehicle would have a hard time.
The versatile governor again gave way, and that night the Paez mansion was entered and he taken from his bed, put in irons, and locked up in prison.
The versatile gentleman, whom the Peelites delighted to honour, and who was also much in favour with the Manchester party, was supposed to be favourable to a coalition between his followers and the Tories.
Pinot noir is versatile at the dinner table, but it goes best with lamb, duck, turkey, game birds, semisoft cheeses, and even fish.
It was a Puss Moth, a small sky-blue high-winged monoplane, powered by the versatile De Havilland four-cylinder aero engine.
Sometimes she envied the astrologer, the cartomancer, the enchanters, the healers, the seers -- magicians whose powers were less reliable but more versatile.
The reason the fleet was convoying such an unwieldy number of ships through this sector of space, adjacent to that known to be controlled by Khalians, was to reinforce the sizable and valuable mining colony on Persuasion 836/934-and strengthen the defenses of two nearby Alliance planets: the water world of the Persepolis, whose oceans teemed with edible marine forms chockful of valuable protein for both humanoid and the weasel-like Khalians, and the fabulous woods of Poinsettia, which were more splendid and versatile in their uses than teak, mahogany, or redwood.
Dyne had not yet stirred, much of his audience, grown quite bored with his wooden impersonation, his rubber member, were already deep in the wholesome embrace of one another, naked duos, trios, quartets even, in all combos, distributed across the sloping lawn, heavily engaged in (insert favorite sexual practice), versatile Freya striding anxiously amid the fun, directing Perry's laggard camera from one novel clinch to the next, herself pursued by the twinge of melancholy (none must ever know) such a feast sometimes raised in her, the spectacle of the multitudes screwing too near to the god's-eye view of the multitudes dying.
But since the replicase is just a protein molecule like any other, the versatile protein-building machines of the bacterial cell can easily turn to building them, just as the machine tools in a car factory can quickly be turned over in time of war to making munitions: all they need is to be fed the right blueprints.