vein en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /vein/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
- /veɪn/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ven/ (Scotland)
- vān
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin vēna Old French veinebor. Middle English veine English vein From Middle English veine, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).
Meanings
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A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
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, […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
- (in-plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
- 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.
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A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
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 called ores.
1846, editorial staff, “CHEMISTRY”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 102:
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(figuratively) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
He[…]is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking.
1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue:Come ride with me Through the veins of history, I'll show you how God Falls asleep on the job
2006, Matt Bellamy, “Knights of Cydonia”, in Black Holes and Revelations, performed by Muse:in the same vein
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(figuratively) A style, tendency, or quality.
certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Truth”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:The play is in a satirical vein.
Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.
1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands:
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A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
down to the veins of earth
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins
1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wayn | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| veins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
spider vein · veinwork · waxen vein · vein quartz · in the same vein · hepatic vein · great cerebral vein · midvein · saphenous vein · brachiocephalic vein · collateral vein · cardinal vein · small saphenous vein · vein valve · veinwise · pulmonary vein · gate vein · deep-vein thrombosis · great cardiac vein · veiner · blue-veined cheese · veinlet · Santorini's vein · varicose vein · subclavian vein · umbilical vein · in a similar vein · ball vein · microvein · veinous · drain the main vein · maxillary vein · femoral vein · intervein · blue vein · greater saphenous vein · anal vein · whitevein · portal vein · testicular vein · satellite vein · veinery · lesser saphenous vein · hepatic portal vein · saddle vein · infraorbital vein · veined · hemivein · axillary vein · internal jugular vein · along the same vein · allovein · veinal · Sylvian vein · renal vein · basilic vein · Giacomini vein · pancreatic vein · in the vein of · citrus vein phloem degeneration · deep vein thrombosis · great saphenous vein · veinlike · fissure vein · radial vein · veinbanding · superior mesenteric vein · crossvein · veinless · veinstone · veiny · innominate vein · devein · azygous vein · envein · pseudovein · jugular vein · common iliac vein · veinage · azygos vein · splenic vein · emissary vein · antenodal vein · tail vein · Thebesian vein · veinstuff
Descendants
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Synonyms
Translations (292)
ty uaua (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ln mosisa (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mn вен (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · es vena (thickened portion of a leaf) · tsg ugat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tg вена (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vo filunül (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · as সিৰ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pon pein (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ota عرق (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · te ఈనె (thickened portion of a leaf) · ug ۋېنا (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ka ძარღვი (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · gl vea (nervure of insect's wing) · mk жиличка (thickened portion of a leaf) · bua һудаһан (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · inh пха (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · th เส้นเลือด (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vo münafilun (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · ca bei (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · myv верь сан (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ko 시맥 (nervure of insect's wing) · ms vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ko 광맥 (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · mn ᠬᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠬᠤ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠯ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pl żyła (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ga síog (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · lo ເສັ້ນເລືອດດຳ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sv bladnerv (thickened portion of a leaf) · kw gwythien (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu modor (a style, tendency, or quality) · fa-ira وَرید (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mn ᠸᠧᠨ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cmn 靜脈 /静脉 (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sv åder (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · nn blodåre (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cmn 礦脈 /矿脉 (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · tg сиёҳраг (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · yue 靜脈 /静脉 (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cs žíla (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · nb blodåre (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mww leeg (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ota طمر (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ady лъынтфэ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nn blodår (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fr veine (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mn венийн судас (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nn år (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · da vene (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cop ϧⲣⲱϯ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nn åre (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ro vână (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ka კართი (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · rm avagna (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pl żyłka (thickened portion of a leaf) · hu rajzolat (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · te సిర (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu stílus (a style, tendency, or quality) · tg варид (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · wa voenne (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vo goldinafilun (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · isd uxat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · de Vene (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pt veio (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · mn ᠸᠧᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ru жи́лка (thickened portion of a leaf) · wa voenne (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · az vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · he וְרִיד (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pms ven-a (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mn хураагуур судас (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sq venë (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tk wena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ky вена (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · be жы́ла (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · et veen (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ar وَرِيد (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ota طمر (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · nn vene (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · es filón (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · la vēna (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mk жила (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tr toplardamar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vo filun (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · uk жи́ла (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fi siipisuoni (nervure of insect's wing) · my သွေးပြန်ကြော (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · io veino (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · grc φλέψ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ki mũkiha (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ht venn (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tl malaugat (thickened portion of a leaf) · pt veia (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · kbd лъынтхуэ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fi juonne (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · ka სისხლძარღვი (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · de Goldader (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · el φλέβα (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ug ۋېنا تومۇرى (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · uk жи́лка (nervure of insect's wing) · kk көктамыр (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · el νεύρο (thickened portion of a leaf) · cs žíla (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tl ugat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cu жила (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tet uat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · lmo vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · za meg (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · rgn véna (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sv nerv (thickened portion of a leaf) · gl vea (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ca nervadura (nervure of insect's wing) · id pembuluh balik (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · bg жи́ла (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · eo vejno (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · be вэ́на (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · io veino (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · es vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · bg жи́лка (thickened portion of a leaf) · ms tulang daun (thickened portion of a leaf) · akl ugat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cmn 葉脈 /叶脉 (thickened portion of a leaf) · sv ven (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · de Ader (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · es vena (nervure of insect's wing) · ast vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · bg жи́ла (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mr शीर (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ms tulang (thickened portion of a leaf) · mi iarau (thickened portion of a leaf) · fi lehtisuoni (thickened portion of a leaf) · cmn 風格 /风格 (a style, tendency, or quality) · bg ве́на (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sw mshipa (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mr नस (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ky көк кан тамыры (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ga féith (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ar عِرْق (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · rap ua ua toto (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · kmr demar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · de Geäder (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ru жи́ла (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu ér (thickened portion of a leaf) · tr damar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sh жи̏ла (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fi laskimo (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ce орам (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ms urat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vro verisuun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ca vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ja 静脈 (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · id vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · es vena (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · arz عرق (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ka ვენა (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fi suoni (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · gl vea (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · be ве́на (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tl balidaluyan (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · kmr reh (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · th หลอดเลือดดำ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · la vēna (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · tk damar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ru прожи́лка (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · nb vene (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vo maboinafilunül (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · ta சிரை (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · de Ader (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · msk ogat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · es veta (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · co vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu erezet (thickened portion of a leaf) · orv жила (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nb åre (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ja 葉脈 (thickened portion of a leaf) · rif aẓwar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nrf veine (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · id pembuluh darah (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · uz vena tomiri (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mbb uɣat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · yi אָדער (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · oc sefena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · rsk вена (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nv atsʼoos dootłʼizhígíí (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · lo ສາຍເລືອດດຳ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · is æð (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · apw bitsʼǫǫs (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · arz وريد (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sk žila (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · it venatura (thickened portion of a leaf) · tt вена (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mk жиличка (nervure of insect's wing) · qu mama (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · hu jelleg (a style, tendency, or quality) · fi suoli (entrails of a shrimp) · cmn 翅脈 /翅脉 (nervure of insect's wing) · hu véna (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mk вена (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · dlm vaina (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ko 엽맥 (thickened portion of a leaf) · haw aʻa (thickened portion of a leaf) · sh véna (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ur وَرِید (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu erezet (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · pdt Oda (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ko 정맥 (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fa-ira سِیاهْرَگ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mn хураах судал (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sq damar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fi suoni (thickened portion of a leaf) · ne नसा (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mn ᠬᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ja 鉱脈 (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · bho नस (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ps رګ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vi tĩnh mạch (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · egy D52:X1-T14-T14-X1:F51 (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · uk жи́лка (thickened portion of a leaf) · my သွေးကြော (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · km ធមនី (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mt vina (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ro venă (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sw vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ru ве́на (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mi ia-auraki (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · af aar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cmn 紋理 /纹理 (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · ru жи́лка (nervure of insect's wing) · xsv gīsla (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · id urat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · acw عِرْق (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · cy gwythïen (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sc benu (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · it vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · lv vēna (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nl nerf (thickened portion of a leaf) · ru стиль (a style, tendency, or quality) · th เส้นเลือดดำ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sv ådra (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · tl bena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ota سڭیر (thickened portion of a leaf) · be жы́лка (nervure of insect's wing) · bo ཁྲག་རྩ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu hangnem (a style, tendency, or quality) · sh žȉla (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nan-hbl 靜脈 /静脉 (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · tpi mambu bilong blut (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · he עוֹרֵק (thickened portion of a leaf) · uz tomir (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hi शिरा (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sl vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · bni moncisa (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · rup vinã (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ce пха (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · bn শিরা (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ang ǣdre (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ill ugat (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · rm avaina (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · sh ве́на (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fo æðr (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · be жы́лка (thickened portion of a leaf) · km សរសៃឈាមខ្មៅ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ga cuisle (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fa-ira رَگِه (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · br gwazhienn (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ja 翅脈 (nervure of insect's wing) · hu szellem (a style, tendency, or quality) · sc vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hu ér (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · lt vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · uk ве́на (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · gd cuisle (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · nl ader (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · eo gango (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · az damar (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pt nervura (thickened portion of a leaf) · eu zain (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · pl żyłka (nervure of insect's wing) · mad ꦲꦺꦴꦫꦃ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · acw وريد (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · hy երակ (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ps وريد (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · mk жила (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · ca filó (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · sc bena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · fur vene (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · vi ven (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · ru дух (a style, tendency, or quality) · eo vejno (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · vo largentinafilun (stripe or streak in stone or other material) · tl ugat-anuran (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) · uz vena (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)