English Dictionary

vein

/veɪn/

noun

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. / (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.

The doctor examined the bulging vein on his arm.

意味（1）

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule,

And death arreſts the organe of my voyce.

Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made,

An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […]

意味（2）

(in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.

意味（3）

(botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.

意味（4）

(zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.

意味（5）

A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.

意味（6）

(geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.

意味（7）

(figuratively) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.

in the same vein

意味（8）

(figuratively) A style, tendency, or quality.

The play is in a satirical vein.

意味（9）

A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

down to the veins of earth