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Definition of 'vein'Noun
( en-noun)
(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; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- ...in the same vein ...
* Jonathan Swift
- He can open a vein of true and noble thinking.
A style, tendency, or quality.
- The play is in a satirical vein .
* Francis Bacon
- certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
* Waller
- Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein .
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
* Milton
- down to the veins of earth
* Isaac Newton
- Let the glass of the prisms be 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
See also
* artery
* blood vessel
* capillary
* circulatory system
* phlebitis
* vena cava
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