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vein
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See also: veîn
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English veyne, 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).
Pronunciation
Noun
vein (plural veins)
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- Hyponyms: deep vein, perforator vein, superficial vein
- The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
- c. 1587–1588, [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:
- 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, […]
- (in the plural) 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.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- in the same vein
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, A Proposal For Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue:
- He […] is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking.
- 2006, Matt Bellamy, “Knights of Cydonia”, in Black Holes and Revelations, performed by Muse:
- Come ride with me
Through the veins of history,
I'll show you how God
Falls asleep on the job
- (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
- The play is in a satirical vein.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Truth”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands:
- Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- 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:
- down to the veins of earth
- 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:
- I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins
Synonyms
- (anatomy): vena
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- anal vein
- antenodal vein
- axillary vein
- azygos vein
- azygous vein
- ball vein
- basilic vein
- blue vein
- blue-veined cheese
- brachiocephalic vein
- cardinal vein
- collateral vein
- common iliac vein
- deep-vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis
- drain the main vein
- emissary vein
- femoral vein
- fissure vein
- gate vein
- Giacomini vein
- great cardiac vein
- great cerebral vein
- greater saphenous vein
- great saphenous vein
- hepatic portal vein
- hepatic vein
- in a similar vein
- innominate vein
- internal jugular vein
- in the same vein
- in the vein of
- jugular vein
- lesser saphenous vein
- maxillary vein
- pancreatic vein
- portal vein
- pulmonary vein
- radial vein
- renal vein
- saddle vein
- saphenous vein
- satellite vein
- small saphenous vein
- spider vein
- splenic vein
- subclavian vein
- superior mesenteric vein
- Sylvian vein
- tail vein
- testicular vein
- varicose vein
- veined
- veinless
- veinlet
- veinlike
- vein quartz
- veinstone
- vein valve
- veiny
- waxen vein
Related terms
Translations
blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart
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thickened portion of a leaf
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nervure of insect's wing
stripe or streak in stone or other material
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a style, tendency, or quality
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Verb
vein (third-person singular simple present veins, present participle veining, simple past and past participle veined)
- To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, chapter 18, in The Roman Traitor, volume II, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, page 204:
- […] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightning veined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills […]
- 1920, Melville Davisson Post, chapter 14, in The Sleuth of St. James’s Square:
- “We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trails veining the whole of it. […] ”
See also
Further reading
vein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - vein (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “vein”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vein”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “vein”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
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Estonian
Etymology
From German Wein during the 19th century, ultimately from Latin vīnum. Doublet of viin (“vodka”). First attested in 1869.
Pronunciation
Noun
vein (genitive veini, partitive veini)
- wine (alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of berry or fruit juice)
- kuiv vein ― dry wine
- magus vein ― sweet wine
- punane vein ― red wine
- valge vein ― white wine
- roosa vein ― rosé
Declension
Derived terms
- veinindus
- veinine
- veinitama
Compounds
- angervaksavein
- armulauavein
- dessertvein
- gaseervein
- hõõgvein
- karusmarjavein
- kirsivein
- kloostrivein
- koduvein
- lauavein
- majavein
- margivein
- marjavein
- meevein
- muskaatvein
- mustasõstravein
- mustsõstravein
- naturaalvein
- nõgesevein
- pakivein
- palmivein
- peedivein
- pihlakavein
- piiritusvein
- portvein
- punasesõstravein
- puuviljavein
- põldmarjavein
- reinvein
- riisivein
- roseevein
- sõstravein
- tomativein
- toorvein
- vaadivein
- vahuvein
- viinamarjavein
- õunavein
- veinhapu
- veiniaam
- veiniankur
- veinibaar
- veinibarrel
- veinijumal
- veinikaart
- veinikarahvin
- veinikaste
- veinikelder
- veiniklaas
- veinilake
- veinilurr
- veinimaa
- veinimarinaad
- veinimark
- veinipokaal
- veinipudel
- veinipunane
- veinipärm
- veinisort
- veinisõber
- veinisõõm
- veinitarretis
- veiniteadus
- veinitehas
- veinitoodang
- veiniuim
- veinivaat
- veiniäädikas
- veinpunane
References
- vein in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “vein”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “vein”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–
- Jüri Viikberg (2024), “vein”, in [YSL] Ülemsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [High German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)
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Finnish
Verb
vein
Noun
vein
- instructive plural of vee
Anagrams
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.
Noun
vein m (plural veins)
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vein n (genitive singular veins, nominative plural vein)
Declension
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French vain, from Latin vānus (“empty”). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Adjective
vein
- vain (worthless, useless)
- vain (futile, ineffectual)
- unfounded, false, misleading
- (of a person, the heart, the mind, etc.) foolish, gullible
Alternative forms
Descendants
Noun
vein (uncountable)
- something that is worthless or futile
- idleness, triviality
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: vain
References
- “vein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “vein, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
vein (plural veines)
- alternative form of veine (“vein”)
Etymology 3
Adverb
vein
- alternative form of fain
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