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vein
noun
1 anat any blood vessel, apart from the pulmonary vein, that carries deoxygenated blood back towards the heart.
2 anat , loosely any blood vessel.
3 a thin sheetlike deposit of one or more minerals, eg quartz, deposited in a fracture or joint in the surrounding rock.
4 a streak of different colour, eg in cheese.
5 in a leaf: any of a large number of thin branching tubes containing the vascular tissues.
6 in an insect: any of the tubes of chitin that stiffen and support the membranous structure of the wings.
7 a mood or tone written in a sarcastic vein .
8 a distinct characteristic present throughout; a streak.
verb (veined , veining ) to form veins or the appearance of veins in something.
[14c: from French veine , from Latin vena vein]
veined adjective .
veinlet noun .
veiny adjective .
noun
1 anat any blood vessel, apart from the pulmonary vein, that carries deoxygenated blood back towards the heart.
2 anat , loosely any blood vessel.
3 a thin sheetlike deposit of one or more minerals, eg quartz, deposited in a fracture or joint in the surrounding rock.
4 a streak of different colour, eg in cheese.
5 in a leaf: any of a large number of thin branching tubes containing the vascular tissues.
6 in an insect: any of the tubes of chitin that stiffen and support the membranous structure of the wings.
7 a mood or tone written in a sarcastic vein .
8 a distinct characteristic present throughout; a streak.
verb (veined , veining ) to form veins or the appearance of veins in something.
[14c: from French veine , from Latin vena vein]
veined adjective .
veinlet noun .
veiny adjective .
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