veined en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /veɪnd/
Meanings
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(in-compounds, sometimes) Having veins or veinlike markings.
veined cheese, veined marble
These blue-vein’d violets whereon we lean Never can blab, nor know not what we mean.
1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:A queenly creature with her quiet grace, And dazzling white hand veined cerulean:
1856, Gerald Massey, Craigcrook Castle, London: David Bogue, page 15:For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids […]
1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Book I, Chapter 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more veined | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most veined | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
black-veined white · red-veined darter · blue-veined cheese · red-veined dock · net-veined · interveined · green-veined white · multiveined · feather-veined · fan-veined · unveined · red-veined
Translations (10)
hu eres (having veins or veinlike markings) · ka ძარღვოვანი (having veins or veinlike markings) · tr damarlı (having veins or veinlike markings) · ka ძარღვიანი (having veins or veinlike markings) · gv cuishlinit (having veins or veinlike markings) · bg жилест (having veins or veinlike markings) · gv cuishlinagh (having veins or veinlike markings) · eo vejnita (having veins or veinlike markings) · hu erezett (having veins or veinlike markings) · sv ådrad (having veins or veinlike markings)