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vein
English
Alternative forms
- wayn (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin v?na (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See v?na for more. Displaced native edre, from ?dre (whence edder).
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?n, IPA(key): /ve?n/
- Homophones: vain, vane
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
vein (plural veins)
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (in the plural) 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.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- (figuratively) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- He […] is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- (figuratively) A style, tendency, or quality.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Truth
- certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Truth
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins
Related terms
- in the same vein
- veined
- veinless
- veinlet
- veinlike
- veinstone
- veiny
- venation
- venous
- blue-veined cheese
- deep vein thrombosis
- pulmonary vein
- varicose vein
Translations
Verb
vein (third-person singular simple present veins, present participle veining, simple past and past participle veined)
- To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, Volume II, Chapter 18, p. 204,[1]
- […] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightning veined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills […]
- 1920, Melville Davisson Post, The Sleuth of St. James’s Square, Chapter 14,[2]
- “We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trails veining the whole of it. […] ”
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, Volume II, Chapter 18, p. 204,[1]
See also
- artery
- blood vessel
- capillary
- circulatory system
- phlebitis
- vena cava
Further reading
- vein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- vein (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- vein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vein in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vein at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Vien, Vine, nevi, vine
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wein during the 19th century, ultimately from Latin v?num. Doublet of viin.
Noun
vein (genitive veini, partitive veini)
- wine
Declension
Derived terms
- punane vein
- valge vein
Finnish
Verb
vein
- first-person singular indicative past of viedä
Anagrams
- evin, vien
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French vin, from Latin v?num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.
Noun
vein m (plural veins)
- wine
Icelandic
Etymology
Back-formation from veina (“to wail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vei?n/
- Rhymes: -ei?n
Noun
vein n (genitive singular veins, nominative plural vein)
- wail, lament
Declension
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French vain, from Latin v?nus (“empty”). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Adjective
vein
- vain (worthless, useless)
- vain (futile, ineffectual)
- unfounded, false, misleading
- (of a person, the heart, the mind, etc.) foolish, gullible
Alternative forms
- veine, veigne, veiin, veiine, ven, vain, vaine, wein, wain, waine
Descendants
- English: vain
- Scots: vane, vain, vaine
Noun
vein (uncountable)
- something that is worthless or futile
- idleness, triviality
Alternative forms
- weine; wan, wane (Northern); feinne (Southwestern)
Descendants
- English: vain
References
- “vein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “vein, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
vein (plural veines)
- Alternative form of veine (“vein”)
Etymology 3
Adverb
vein
- Alternative form of fain
vein From the web:
- what vein carries oxygenated blood
- what vein carries blood to the heart
- what vein drains blood from the face and scalp
- what vein drains the liver
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- what vein carries deoxygenated blood
- what vein drains the brain
- what veins are in the neck
veining
English
Noun
veining (plural veinings)
- An arrangement of veins or veinlike markings.
- 1890, Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, New York: Lovell, Corvell & Co., 1891, p. 32,[1]
- He looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual trees, the leaves and the veining of each leaf—saw the very insects upon them, the locusts, the brilliant-bodied flies, the gray spiders stretching their webs from twig to twig.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,[2]
- His downcast eyes followed the silent veining of the oaken slab. Beauty: it curves: curves are beauty.
- 1929, Robert Byron, The Byzantine Achievement, Part 2, Chapter 9,[3]
- Surrounding, a system of marble paneling applies to the walls, as we know wood. Sheets of stone, cut and cut again so that the veining of each piece may form symmetrical pattern with its neighbor, alternate with bands of other marbles set in delicately notched beveling.
- 1890, Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, New York: Lovell, Corvell & Co., 1891, p. 32,[1]
Verb
veining
- present participle of vein
Anagrams
- given in
veining From the web:
- what causes veining in marble
- what is veining in granite
- what is veining in marble
- what does veining mean
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