Vein
Origin
From Middle English < Old French veine < Latin vēna ("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").
Noun
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(plural veins)- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart
- (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle
- (zoology) 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 topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc....in the same vein...
- Jonathan SwiftHe can open a vein of true and noble thinking.
- A style, tendency, or quality.The play is in a satirical vein.
- Francis Baconcertain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
- WallerInvoke the Muses, and improve my vein.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- Miltondown to the veins of earth
- Isaac NewtonLet the glass of the prisms be free from veins.