veined

veined

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veɪnd/
• Rhymes: -eɪnd

Adjective

veined (comparative more veined, superlative most veined)

1. (sometimes in combination) Having veins or veinlike markings.

   'veined cheese, veined marble

   • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], OCLC 837166078; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […]‎, 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, OCLC 19803734:

     These blue-vein’d violets whereon we lean
     Never can blab, nor know not what we mean.

   • 1856, Gerald Massey, Craigcrook Castle, London: David Bogue, p. 15,

     A queenly creature with her quiet grace,

     And dazzling white hand veined cerulean:

   • 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Book I, Chapter 1,

     For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids […]

Translations

having veins or veinlike markings

Bulgarian: жилест (bg) (žilest) Georgian: ძარღვოვანი (ʒarɣvovani), ძარღვიანი (ʒarɣviani) Hungarian: eres (hu), erezett (hu) Manx: cuishlinagh, cuishlinit Swedish: ådrad Turkish: damarlı (tr)

Verb

veined

1. simple past tense and past participle of vein

Anagrams

• Devine, devein, endive, envied