Vein
[veɪn] or [ven]
Definition
(noun.) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.
(noun.) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; 'all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood'.
(noun.) a distinctive style or manner; 'he continued in this vein for several minutes'.
(noun.) a layer of ore between layers of rock.
(noun.) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
(verb.) make a veinlike pattern.
Inputed by Anna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
(n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
(n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
(n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.
(n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
(n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
(n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
(n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.
(v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
Checker: Steve
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Blood-vessel.[2]. Rib (of a leaf), nerve.[3]. Seam (in a mine), lode.[4]. Stripe, streak.[5]. Bent, humor, disposition, mood.[6]. Talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar temper.
v. a. Stripe, streak.
Checked by Hank
Definition
n. one of the vessels or tubes which convey the blood back to the heart: one of the horny tubes forming the framework of an insect's wings: (bot.) one of the small branching ribs in a leaf: a seam of a different mineral through a rock: a fissure or cavity: a streak in wood or stone: a train of thought: a course: tendency or turn of mind: mood or humour.—v.t. to form veins or the appearance of veins in.—n. Vein′age veins collectively.—adj. Veined full of veins: streaked variegated: (bot.) having vessels branching over the surface as a leaf.—n. Vein′ing formation or disposition of veins: streaking.—adj. Vein′less having no veins.—n. Vein′let (bot.) a little vein or vessel branching out from a larger one.—adjs. Vein′ous Vein′y full of veins.—ns. Vein′stone the earthy part of a lode; Vein′ūle a very small vein.
Editor: Priscilla
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see your veins in a dream, insures you against slander, if they are normal. To see them bleeding, denotes that you will have a great sorrow from which there will be no escape. To see them swollen, you will rise hastily to distinction and places of trust.
Typist: Nola
Examples
- She looked at me more intently as she took it, and seemed to take note, with her momentary touch, of every vein in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is a vein of mysticism in American life, and Mr. Bryan is its uncritical prophet. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Her coming was my hope each day, Her parting was my pain; The chance that did her steps delay Was ice in every vein. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was Kingsbere church likewise, Fairway recommenced, as one opening a new vein of the same mine of interest. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Moreover, a vein of reason ever ran through her passion: she was logical even when fierce. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I resumed a livelier vein of conversation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sons of white fathers, with all our haughty feelings burning in their veins, will not always be bought and sold and traded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But it IS supposed that his Lady, who had none of the family blood in her veins, favoured the bad cause. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The impertinence made his veins go cold, he was insensible. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her voluptuous, acute apprehension of him made the blood faint in her veins, her mind went dim and unconscious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was good blood in her veins, you know, by the mother's side. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And yet her large, grave eyes upon him seemed to open some valve in his veins, and involuntarily he was telling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the leaf is finely veined the lower surface makes the better print, but if the veins are coarse and large the upper surface may be used. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They stopped before some veined salpiglossis flowers. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The white marble at the bottom of the bath was veined with a dreadful red. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Edited by Bessie