vein

Meaning

Noun

1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
2. (in-plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
3. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4. The nervure of an insect’s wing.
5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
6. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
7. (figuratively) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
8. (figuratively) A style, tendency, or quality.
9. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

Verb

To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.

Synonyms

artery

blood vessel

tendon

nerve

sinew

nervure

vessel

vena

muscle

💪

rib

ligament

thread

🧵

blood-vessel

mood

streak

strength

lode

seam

string

🪢

fiber

filament

cord

tissue

disposition

rootlet

capillary

mineral vein

spirits

venous blood vessel

leaf vein

power

reef

rhythm

rift

rip

root

seaboard

seacoast

seashore

seaside

shore

spirit

state of health

strain

stringer

strip

style

temper

time

⌚

tone

Translations

veine

vena

vena

Ader

Vene

ader

vena

φλέβα

veia

veta

filon

tendon

arteria

filón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/veɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: veyne

In summary

From Middle English veyne, 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).