vein

Meaning

Noun

1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
2. 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. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
8. 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

trend

tune

vas

vascular

veins

venule

way

spur of the moment

crack

fibre

humour

large artery

cephalic vein.

vena poplitea

of blood

fish mouthing

afflatus

popiteal vein

arteria

attitude

bank

🏦

bed

🛏️

bent

blood vessels

cheer

cleft

coast

coastline

condition

dike

disposal

duct

dyke

fishing line

fissure

fracture

fringe

grain

humor

impetus

inclination

key

🔑

knack

layer

ledge

manner

pitch

pulse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/veɪn/

Etymology

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).