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Definition of 'vein'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) vein
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.

2.  vein
(loosely) any blood vessel.

3.  vein
one of the riblike thickenings that form the framework of the wing of an insect.

4.  vein
one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal framework of a leaf.

5.  vein
a body or mass of mineral deposit, igneous rock, or the like occupying a crevice or fissure in rock; lode.

6.  vein
any body or stratum of ore, coal, etc., clearly separated or defined.

7.  vein
a streak or marking, as of a different color, running through marble, wood, etc.

8.  vein
a temporary attitude, mood, or temper:
spoke in a serious vein.

9.  vein
a tendency, quality, or strain traceable in conduct, writing, etc.:
a vein of pessimism.

10. (v.t.) vein
to furnish with veins.

11.  vein
to mark with lines or streaks suggesting veins.

12.  vein
to extend over or through in the manner of veins.

Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < L vēna vein of the body, channel, ore deposit)

Definition of 'vein'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) vein, vena, venous blood vessel
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
"all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

2. (noun) vein
a distinctive style or manner
"he continued in this vein for several minutes"

3. (noun) vein, nervure
any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

4. (noun) vein, mineral vein
a layer of ore between layers of rock

5. (verb) vein, nervure
one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

6. (verb) vein
make a veinlike pattern

Definition of 'vein'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) vein
a tube that carries blood to your heart
a punctured vein

2. vein
in the same vein
in a similar way
a joke that's in the same vein as the one I told you earlier

Definition of 'vein'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) vein
one of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2

2. (noun) vein
one of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf

3. (noun) vein
one of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation

4. (noun) vein
a narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores

5. (noun) vein
a fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance

6. (noun) vein
a streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation

7. (noun) vein
a train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course

8. (noun) vein
peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein

9. (verb) vein
to form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins

Translation of 'vein'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any of the tubes that carry the blood back to the heart.
Afrikaans: aar	Arabic: وَريد	Bulgarian: вена
Brazilian: veia	Czech: žíla	German: die Vene
Danish: vene; blodåre	Greek: φλέβα	Spanish: vena
Estonian: veen, veresoon	Farsi: رگ	Finnish: laskimo
French: veine	Hebrew: וְרִיד	Hindi: शिरा
Croatian: vena	Hungarian: véna	Indonesian: pembuluh darah
Icelandic: bláæð	Italian: vena	Japanese: 静脈
Korean: 정맥	Lithuanian: vena	Latvian: vēna
Malay: vena	Dutch: ader	Norwegian: vene, blodåre
Polish: żyła	Persian: رگ	Pashto: رده، كرښه: رګ، ليكه، اينګ
Portuguese: veia	Romanian: venă	Russian: вена
Slovak: žila	Slovenian: vena	Serbian: vena
Swedish: ven, blodåder	Thai: เส้นเลือดดำ	Turkish: toplardamar
Taiwanese: 靜脈	Ukrainian: вена; кровоносна судина	Urdu: رگ، نس
Vietnamese: tĩnh mạch	Chinese: 静脉
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