vein+(noun)

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• vein — [ veın ] noun ** 1. ) count; count one of the tubes in your body that carry blood to your heart. A tube that carries blood away from your heart is an artery. a ) one of the tubes that carry liquids through plants or insects 2. ) singular a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• vein — ► NOUN 1) any of the tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from all parts of the body towards the heart. 2) (in general use) a blood vessel. 3) (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf, containing… …   English terms dictionary

• vein´like´ — vein «vayn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) one of the blood vessels or tubes that carry the blood to the heart from all parts of the body. b) any blood vessel. 2. the rib of a leaf; one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal… …   Useful english dictionary

• vein´er — vein «vayn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) one of the blood vessels or tubes that carry the blood to the heart from all parts of the body. b) any blood vessel. 2. the rib of a leaf; one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal… …   Useful english dictionary

• vein — noun 1 tube carrying blood in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ blue ▪ A blue vein throbbed in his forehead. ▪ broken (esp. BrE), spider (esp. AmE), thread (esp. BrE), varicose …   Collocations dictionary

• vein — noun 1》 any of the tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from all parts of the body towards the heart.     ↘(in general use) a blood vessel. 2》 (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf, typically dividing …   English new terms dictionary

• vein — noun 1 (C) one of the tubes through which blood flows to your heart from other parts of your body compare artery (1) 2 (C) 3 a) one of the thin lines on a leaf or on the wing of an insect b) one of the thin lines on a piece of wood, cheese,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• vein — noun /veɪn/ a) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart ...and on a different vein, can we discuss... b) (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp See Also: in the same vein, veined …   Wiktionary

• vein|let — «VAYN liht», noun. 1. a small vein; venule. 2. Botany. a branch or subdivision of a vein or venule: »The veins divide and subdivide, making a network, and are so distributed that no part of the mesophyll is far removed from one or more veinlets… …   Useful english dictionary

• vein|ule — «VAY nyool», noun. a small vein; venule. ╂[< French veinule, venule, learned borrowing from Latin vēnula (diminutive) < vēna vein. See etym. of doublet venule. (Cf. ↑venule)] …   Useful english dictionary

• vein — noun 1) a vein in his neck pulsed Syn: blood vessel 2) the mineral veins in the rock Syn: layer, lode, seam, stratum, stratification, deposit, pipe 3) white marble with gray veins …   Thesaurus of popular words