| English > English | |
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| vying | |
| 1. n. The act of one who vies; rivalry. |  |
| vie | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | |
| Her suitors were all vying for her attention. | |
| 2. v. (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc. | |
| 3. v. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. | |
| 4. v. To stake; to wager. | |
| 5. v. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) A contest. | |
