vein.
A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
Meaning & usage
A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
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 sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
in the same vein
A style, tendency, or quality.
The play is in a satirical vein.
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin vēna Old French veinebor. Middle English veine English vein From Middle English veine, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).
To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin vēna Old French veinebor. Middle English veine English vein From Middle English veine, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).
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