vein : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vein	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vein n a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" Synonym(s): vein, vena, venous blood vessel a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes" any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ Synonym(s): vein, nervure a layer of ore between layers of rock Synonym(s): vein, mineral vein one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect Synonym(s): vein, nervure v make a veinlike pattern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vein \Vein\, n. [OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.] 1. (Anat.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See {Artery}, 2. 2. (Bot.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. 3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See {Venation}. 4. (Geol. or Mining) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores. 5. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. [bd]Down to the veins of earth.[b8] --Milton. Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins. --Sir I. Newton. 6. A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation. 7. A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course. He can open a vein of true and noble thinking. --Swift. 8. Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein. --Shak. Certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins. --Bacon. Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein. --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vein \Vein\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veining}.] To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins. --Tennyson.