vein
See also: veîn
English
Veins of the arm (1)
Veins of a leaf (3)
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Veins of a wing (4)
Veins within a rock (5.1)
Alternative forms
- wayn (obsolete)
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
- enPR: vān, IPA(key): /veɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: vain, vane
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
vein (plural veins)
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; 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, […]
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- (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 (lyrics and music), “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 863521290:
- 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], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- 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 1118497469:
- I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins
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Synonyms
- (anatomy): vena
Related terms
- in the same vein
- veined
- veinless
- veinlet
- veinlike
- veinstone
- veiny
- venation
- venous
- blue-veined cheese
- deep vein thrombosis
- pulmonary vein
- varicose vein
Translations
blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart
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entrails of a shrimp
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thickened portion of a leaf
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nervure of insect's wing
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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, The Roman Traitor, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, Volume II, Chapter 18, p. 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, The Sleuth of St. James’s Square, Chapter 14,
- “We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trails veining the whole of it. […] ”
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, Volume II, Chapter 18, p. 204,
See also
- artery
- blood vessel
- capillary
- circulatory system
- phlebitis
- vena cava
Further reading
vein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - vein (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- vein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vein in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- vein at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Vien, Vine, nevi, vine
Estonian
vein
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wein during the 19th century, ultimately from Latin vīnum. Doublet of viin.
Noun
vein (genitive veini, partitive veini)
- wine
Declension
Declension of vein (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vein | veinid |
| genitive | veini | veinide |
| partitive | veini | veine / veinisid |
| illative | veini / veinisse | veinidesse / veinesse |
| inessive | veinis | veinides / veines |
| elative | veinist | veinidest / veinest |
| allative | veinile | veinidele / veinele |
| adessive | veinil | veinidel / veinel |
| ablative | veinilt | veinidelt / veinelt |
| translative | veiniks | veinideks / veineks |
| terminative | veinini | veinideni |
| essive | veinina | veinidena |
| abessive | veinita | veinideta |
| comitative | veiniga | veinidega |
Derived terms
- punane vein
- valge vein
Finnish
Verb
vein
- first-person singular indicative past of viedä
Noun
vein
- instructive plural of vee
Anagrams
- evin, vien
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.
Noun
vein m (plural veins)
- wine
Icelandic
Etymology
Back-formation from veina (“to wail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veiːn/
- Rhymes: -eiːn
Noun
vein n (genitive singular veins, nominative plural vein)
- wail, lament
Declension
declension of vein
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vein | veinið | vein | veinin |
| accusative | vein | veinið | vein | veinin |
| dative | veini | veininu | veinum | veinunum |
| genitive | veins | veinsins | veina | veinanna |
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
- veine, veigne, veiin, veiine, ven, vain, vaine, wein, wain, waine
Descendants
- English: vain
- Scots: vane, vain, vaine
Noun
vein (uncountable)
- something that is worthless or futile
- idleness, triviality
Alternative forms
- weine; wan, wane (Northern); feinne (Southwestern)
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.
Noun
vein (plural veines)
- Alternative form of veine (“vein”)
Adverb
vein
- Alternative form of fain