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–n.1. a) one of the blood vessels or tubes that carry the blood to the heart from all parts of the body. b) any blood vessel.2. the rib of a leaf; one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal framework of a leaf; nerve or nervure.3. one of the ribs that strengthen the wing of an insect.4. a) a small natural channel within the earth through which water trickles or flows. b) a flow of water through such a channel: »
a vein of water.
5. Geology. a) a crack or seam in rock filled with a material, especially metallic ore, different from the containing rock. b) a deposit, as of ore or coal, having a more or less regular development in length, width, and depth; lode: »a vein of copper.
6. a streak or stream of a different material or texture from the main substance: »a vein of gristle in the meat.
7. any streak or marking of a different shade or color in wood, marble, or glass.8. Figurative. a strain or blend of some quality in conduct, writing, speech, or other activity: »a vein of criticism, comedy written in a witty vein.
9. Figurative. a special character or disposition; state of mind; mood: »a vein of cruelty, a joking vein. In the midst of a vein of thought…I was interrupted (Washington Irving).
–v.t.1. to mark (with lines or streaks) in a manner suggesting veins.2. to cover with, spread out over, or run through (something) the way veins do: »Many rivers vein the lowlands.
╂[< Old French veine < Latin vēna]–vein´er, noun.–vein´like´, adjective.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.