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vein

noun

1 vein

A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart:
— All veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood.

synonyms: vena, venous blood vessel.

Roget 820: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, ... show more

Roget 176: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, ... show more

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

Roget 602: willingness, voluntariness etc. adj.; willing mind, heart.    disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, ... show more

Roget 636: stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow.    stock in trade, supply; ... show more

Dutch: vena, bloedader, ader
Polish: żyła, naczynie żylne

2 vein

A distinctive style or manner.

3 vein

Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

synonym: nervure.

Polish: nerw, żyłka

4 vein

A layer of ore between layers of rock.

synonym: mineral vein.

Dutch: ader, ertsader, ertslaag, mijnader
Polish: żyła

5 vein

One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.

synonym: nervure.

verb

1 vein

Make a veinlike pattern.


Moby thesaurus: affectation, aorta, arteriole, artery, attitude, band, bar, bed, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blood vessel, blotch, body-build, bonanza, brand, capillary, carotid, cast, character ... show more.

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