veld

variants or veldt

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Recent Examples of veld These velds are where the last several Rift epidemics in South Africa began. Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 1 May 2018 The Rovos line in all its splendor—a vision of green and white carriages that draws the eye across the yellow veld—owes its existence to the foresight of South African Rohan Vos, who, back in 1989, took the business from unlikely dream to realization. Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023 Working with local landscape architect Dawid Klopper, the couple removed most of the non-native foliage and replaced it with indigenous plants more typical of South Africa’s veld, or grassland, like aloes and red grass. Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2021 There is still plenty of grassland here, or veld, as South Africans call it. David McKenzie, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020 The veld looked like the giant desiccated hide of some ancient creature, skinned and scarred and skeletal. Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018 Early in the play, Piet says of the plants: That veld is a hard world. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 29 May 2018 Only 20 feet separated my truck from the king of the veld. charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017 The giraffe now appeared to be part of a surreal painting, running across a purplish veld beneath a red sky. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veld
Noun
  • The movie played on an outdoor cinema screen in an artificially aged amphitheatre nestled in a reservation in the desert, complete with a sprawling savanna.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Shakespearean undercurrents provide the pulse of the narrative, a cat fight for the throne of a pride of lions on an African savanna alongside a coming-of-age cat tale.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.
    Henry Duckworth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, in the market, but not on the steppe, not at a sanatorium.
    Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Born at a federal site in Florida, he was released in 2021 onto the Alligator River refuge, a swath of coastal plain on North Carolina’s eastern shore.
    Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Without consistent control measures taken by humans, the eastern red cedar soon claims grassland.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There has also been a growing emphasis on preserving existing vegetation and restoring degraded grasslands—often more effective than planting new trees in desert-prone regions.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Veld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veld. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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