vein
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English < Old French < Latin vēna (“‘a blood-vessel, vein, artery, also a watercourse, a vein of metal, a vein or streak of wood or stone, a row of trees, strength, a person's natural bent, ect.’”); probable origin a pipe or channel for conveying a fluid < vehere (“‘to carry, convey’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: vān, IPA: /veɪn/, SAMPA: /veIn/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Homophones: vain, vane
- Rhymes: -eɪn
[edit] Noun
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vein (plural veins)
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- (zoology) 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 topic of discussion.
- ...and on a different vein, can we discuss...
- A style, tendency, or quality of something.
[edit] Translations
blood vessel
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nervure of insect’s wing
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[edit] Related terms
- in the same vein
- veined
- veinless
- veinlet
- veinlike
- veinstone
- veiny
- venation
- venous
- blue-veined cheese
- deep vein thrombosis
- pulmonary vein
- varicose vein
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- vein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vein in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- vein at OneLook® Dictionary Search
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vein
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[edit] Verb
vein
- First-person singular indicative past form of viedä.
[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Noun
vein n.
