vein
/veɪn/ noun B1- A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. · The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
- The entrails of a shrimp.
- In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- 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.
- A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc. · in the same vein
- A style, tendency, or quality. · The play is in a satirical vein.
Plural veins
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“You are developing a certain unexpected vein of pawky humour, Watson, against which I must learn to guard myself.
He had spoken in jesting vein, but the twitching of his bushy eyebrows bespoke his disappointment and irritation.
“You may not be aware that I have royal blood in my veins.
It just curdled the blood in my veins.
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