Vein Definition

vān
veined, veining, veins
noun
veins
Any blood vessel that carries blood from some part of the body back toward the heart.
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Any blood vessel.
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Any of the bundles of vascular tissue forming the framework of a leaf blade.
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Any of the riblike supports strengthening the membranous wings of an insect.
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A more or less continuous body of minerals, igneous or sedimentary rock, etc., occupying a fissure or zone, differing in nature from the enclosing rock, and usually deposited from solution by circulating water.
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verb
veined, veining, veins
To streak or mark with or as with veins.
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To branch out through in the manner of veins.
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Other Word Forms of Vein

Noun

Singular:
vein
Plural:
veins

Origin of Vein

  • From Middle English < Old French veine < Latin vÄ“na (“a blood-vessel, vein, artery, also a watercourse, a vein of metal, a vein or streak of wood or stone, a row of trees, strength, a person's natural bent, ect."); probable origin a pipe or channel for conveying a fluid, from vehere (“to carry, convey").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English veine from Old French from Latin vēna

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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