vein

Plural: veins

Noun

• a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
  • "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
• a distinctive style or manner
  • "he continued in this vein for several minutes"
• any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
• a layer of ore between layers of rock
• one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
• A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
• The entrails of a shrimp.
• In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
• The nervure of an insect’s wing.
• A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
• A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
• A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
• A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
• A style, tendency, or quality.
• A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

Verb

Verb Forms: veined, veining, veins

• To mark or fill with veins or vein-like patterns.
• make a veinlike pattern
• To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.

Examples

• in the same vein
• The marble-look game board was beautifully veined with dark, intricate lines.
• The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
• The play is in a satirical vein.

Synonyms

mineral vein, nervure, vena, venous blood vessel

Related Words

artery, blood vessel, capillary, circulatory system, phlebitis, vena cava, venation, venous

Anagrams of vein