Definitions for vein

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vein vein

Spelling: [veyn]

IPA: /veɪn/

Vein is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in vein (einv).

Definitions for vein

noun

1. one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
2. (loosely) any blood vessel.
3. one of the riblike thickenings that form the framework of the wing of an insect.
4. one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal framework of a leaf.
5. any body or stratum of ore, coal, etc., clearly separated or defined:
6. a body or mass of igneous rock, deposited mineral, or the like occupying a crevice or fissure in rock; lode.
7. a natural channel or watercourse beneath the surface of the earth.
8. the water running through such a channel.
9. a streak or marking, as of a different shade or color, running through marble, wood, etc.
10. a condition, mood, or temper:
11. a tendency, quality, or strain traceable in character, conduct, writing, etc.; manner or style:

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with veins.
2. to mark with lines or streaks suggesting veins.
3. to extend over or through in the manner of veins:

Origin of vein

1250-1300; Middle English veine Old French Latin vēna vein of the body, channel, ore deposit

Examples for vein

It is somewhat in the vein of "Sourdough" Service, the Yukon bard.

That she was loved, she knew—knew it through every vein and pulse.

In the decade following World War I, Hopper settled on a vein of imagery that has been his special glory ever since.

But I checked him in that Falstaffian vein, urging considerations of time and cookery.

“There is such a vein of intelligence and deeply steeped expertise among them,” he says.

So in the vein of March Madness, here are my picks for the Final Four of the 2014 GOP championship of crazy.

The vein in the neck of the fore-quarter should be of a fine blue.

When a man makes a hit in one vein of writing they want that and nothing else.

Whenever I look for a vein of sadness in Oliona it melts away.

Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.