Vein
Definitions
- A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
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The entrails of a shrimp. in-plural
- In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- 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 sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- A style, tendency, or quality.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
Equivalents
Examples
“The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate⟳ the veins in the patient's body.”
“An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […]”
“They generally occur⟳ in the earth in what are called veins, and are seldom found in the pure metallic state, but generally in combination with some other substance, in which state they are call⟳ed ores.”
“in the same vein”
“He[…]is able to open⟳ new scenes, and discover⟳ a vein of true and noble thinking.”
“Come⟳ ride⟳ with me Through the veins of history, I'll show⟳ you how God Falls asleep on the job”
“The play⟳ is in a satirical vein.”
“certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins”
“Invoke the Muses, and improve⟳ my vein.”
“down to the veins of earth”
“I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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