vein

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from 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, from vehere (“to carry, convey”).

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Veins of the arm

vein (plural veins)

  1. (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart
  2. (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp
  3. (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle
  4. (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing
  5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks
  6. A topic of discussion
    ...and on a different vein, can we discuss...
  7. A style, tendency, or quality of something

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blood vessel
entrails of a shrimp
thickened portion of a leaf
nervure of insect’s wing
stripe or streak in stone or other material

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[edit] Estonian

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[edit] Etymology

Probably from German Wein, from Latin vīnum. Compare also viin.

[edit] Noun

vein (genitive veini, partitive veini)

  1. wine

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vein

  1. First-person singular indicative past form of viedä.

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[edit] Noun

vein n.

  1. lament
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