vein

vein
vein [vān]
n.
[ME veine < OFr < L vena]
1.
a) any blood vessel that carries blood from some part of the body back toward the heart
b) loosely any blood vessel: cf. ARTERY, CAPILLARY
2. any of the riblike supports strengthening the membranous wings of an insect
3. any of the bundles of vascular tissue forming the framework of a leaf blade
4. a more or less continuous body of minerals, igneous or sedimentary rock, etc., occupying a fissure or zone, differing in nature from the enclosing rock, and usually deposited from solution by circulating water
5. LODE (senses 1 & 2)
6. a streak or marking of a color or substance different from the surrounding material, as in marble or wood
7.
a) any distinctive quality or strain regarded as running through one's character, or a speech, writing, etc. [a vein of humor in the essay]
b) course or tenor of thought, feeling, action, etc.
8. a temporary state of mind; mood [speaking in a serious vein]
vt.
1. to streak or mark with or as with veins
2. to branch out through in the manner of veins
SYN.- MOOD1

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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