vein

Speech parts

1. vein - Noun

2. vein - Verb

Meaning

One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.

A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.

Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.

To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lode line layer thread deposit disposition capillary seam stratum vena blood vessel reef character current style
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Antonyms

blizzard disorder artery mess aorta blandness
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Hypernyms

formation stain rib blood vessel geological formation expressive style

Hyponyms

bonanza portal jugular portal vein jugular vein saphenous vein

Phrases with the word

in the same vein in a similar vein epic vein gonadal vein hemiazygos vein median cubital vein

Derivatives

veined veining

Anagrams

vine Nevi Vien Evin Veni

Examples

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. Jonathan Swift

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me. Anne Rivers Siddons

The lesson one can learn from Firbank is that of inconsequence. There is the vein which he tapped and which has not yet been fully exploited. Cyril Connolly

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shews none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it. Joseph Addison

Blood follow vein. Jamaican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

veiltail veiltail goldfish veily vein arrangement vein configuration vein design