thread vein

thread vein
thread vein noun
A very fine vein on the surface of the skin, esp on the face
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thread vein UK US noun [countable] [singular thread vein plural thread veins]
a very small red line on your face where the skin is damaged
Thesaurus: features and parts of the facehyponym general words for the face or its featuressynonym

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ˈthread vein 7 [thread vein] noun
a very thin ↑vein, especially one that can be seen through the skin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • thread vein — thread ,vein noun count a very small red line on your face where the skin is damaged …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • thread vein — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms thread vein : singular thread vein plural thread veins a very small red line on your face where the skin is damaged …   English dictionary

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  • vein — [n1] mood, tone attitude, bent, character, characteristic, complexion, dash, disposition, faculty, fashion, fettle, hint, humor, line, manner, mind, mode, nature, note, spice, spirit, strain, streak, style, suggestion, suspicion, tang, temper,… …   New thesaurus

  • vein — noun 1 tube carrying blood in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ blue ▪ A blue vein throbbed in his forehead. ▪ broken (esp. BrE), spider (esp. AmE), thread (esp. BrE), varicose …   Collocations dictionary

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  • vein — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blood vessel, rib (of a leaf); streak, stripe, marbling; [ore] deposit, lode, seam, ledge, leader; thread; bent, humor, disposition, temper. See filament, feeling, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A …   English dictionary for students

  • thread — n. & v. n. 1 a a spun out filament of cotton, silk, or glass etc.; yarn. b a length of this. 2 a thin cord of twisted yarns used esp. in sewing and weaving. 3 anything regarded as threadlike with reference to its continuity or connectedness (the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • vein — Synonyms and related words: affectation, aorta, arteriole, artery, attitude, band, bar, bed, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blood vessel, blotch, body build, bonanza, brand, capillary, carotid, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • thread — 1. noun 1) a needle and thread Syn: cotton, filament, fiber; yarn, string, twine 2) literary the Fraser was a thread of silver below them Syn: streak, strand, stripe, line, strip …   Thesaurus of popular words

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