veined

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnd

Adjective

veined (comparative more veined, superlative most veined)

1. (sometimes in combination) Having veins or veinlike markings.

   'veined cheese, veined marble

   • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […]‎^[1], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, →OCLC:

     These blue-vein’d violets whereon we lean
     Never can blab, nor know not what we mean.

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • 1856, Gerald Massey, Craigcrook Castle‎^[2], London: David Bogue, page 15:

     A queenly creature with her quiet grace,
     And dazzling white hand veined cerulean:

   • 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence‎^[3], Book I, Chapter 1:

     For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids […]

Derived terms

• black-veined white
• green-veined white
• red-veined darter
• red-veined dock

 

Translations

having veins or veinlike markings

• Bulgarian: жилест (bg) (žilest)
• Georgian: ძარღვოვანი (ʒarɣvovani), ძარღვიანი (ʒarɣviani)
• Hungarian: eres (hu), erezett (hu)
• Manx: cuishlinagh, cuishlinit
• Swedish: ådrad
• Turkish: damarlı (tr)

Verb

veined

1. simple past and past participle of vein

Anagrams

• Devine, devein, endive, envied