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vein
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- pronunciation:
- veIn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one of the many small vessels that transport blood toward the heart.
Blood rushes through the veins back to the heart.The nurse poked the needle into a vein.- synonyms:
- blood vessel
- similar words:
- artery, canal, venule, vessel
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| definition 2: |
one of a series of thin, branching vascular bundles or riblike lines that constitute the framework of a leaf or insect wing.
The little girl tore away the green portions of the leaf so that only the veins remained.- synonyms:
- venule
- similar words:
- canal, line
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| definition 3: |
a body or deposit of ore in a mass of rock; lode.
The miners discovered a new vein of silver in the mine.- synonyms:
- deposit, lode
- similar words:
- bed, seam, stratum, streak
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| definition 4: |
style; mood; manner.
He spoke in a more humorous vein toward the end of his speech.- similar words:
- humor, manner, mode, mood, stripe, style, temper, way
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| related words: |
canal, humor, mood, vessel |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
veins, veining, veined |
| definition 1: |
to create veins in.
- similar words:
- canal, line, marble, streak, striate
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| definition 2: |
to mark or decorate with lines resembling veins.
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| derivations: |
veinal (adj.), veinless (adj.), veinlike (adj.) |
The words vein, vain, and vane sound alike but have different meanings.
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