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vein

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See also:veîn

English

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Veins of the arm (1)
Veins of a leaf (3)
Veins of a wing (4)
Veins within a rock (5.1)

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishveyne, borrowed fromAnglo-Normanveine, fromLatinvēna(“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. Seevēna for more.Doublet ofvena. Displaced nativeedre, fromǣdre (whenceedder).

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Noun

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vein (pluralveins)

  2. (anatomy) Ablood vessel that transportsblood from thecapillaries back to theheart.
    Hyponyms:deep vein,perforator vein,superficial vein
    The nurse hovered hervein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
  3. (in theplural) Theentrails of ashrimp.
  4. (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing thevascular bundle.
  5. (zoology) Thenervure of aninsect’s wing.
  6. Astripe orstreak of a different colour or composition in materials such aswood,cheese,marble or otherrocks.
    1. (geology) Asheetlike body ofcrystallizedminerals within arock.
  7. (figurative) Atopic ofdiscussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
    in the samevein
  8. (figurative) Astyle,tendency, orquality.
    The play is in a satiricalvein.
    • 1625,Francis [Bacon], “Of Truth”, inThe Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret,→OCLC:
      certain discoursing wits which are of the sameveins
    • 1645,Edmund Waller,The Battle Of The Summer Islands:
      Invoke the Muses, and improve myvein.
  9. Afissure,cleft, orcavity, as in theearth or other substance.

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Translations

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blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart
entrails of a shrimp
thickened portion of a leaf
nervure of insect's wing
stripe or streak in stone or other material
a style, tendency, or quality
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Verb

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vein (third-person singular simple presentveins,present participleveining,simple past and past participleveined)

  1. Tomark with veins or a vein-likepattern.
    • 1853,Henry William Herbert, chapter 18, inThe Roman Traitor‎[1], volume II, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, page204:
      […] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightningveined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills[…]
    • 1920,Melville Davisson Post, chapter 14, inThe Sleuth of St. James’s Square‎[2]:
      “We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trailsveining the whole of it.[…]”

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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EstonianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaet
veinid

Etymology

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FromGermanWein during the 19th century, ultimately fromLatinvīnum.Doublet ofviin(“vodka”). First attested in 1869.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvei̯n/,[ˈvei̯n]
  • Rhymes:-ein
  • Hyphenation:vein

Noun

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vein (genitiveveini,partitiveveini)

  1. wine(alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of berry or fruit juice)
    kuivvein ―drywine
    magusvein ―sweetwine
    punane vein ―red wine
    valge vein ―white wine
    roosa vein ―rosé

Declension

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Declension ofvein (ÕS type22e/riik, length gradation)
singularplural
nominativeveinveinid
accusativenom.
gen.veini
genitiveveinide
partitiveveiniveine
veinisid
illativeveini
veinisse		veinidesse
veinesse
inessiveveinisveinides
veines
elativeveinistveinidest
veinest
allativeveinileveinidele
veinele
adessiveveinilveinidel
veinel
ablativeveiniltveinidelt
veinelt
translativeveiniksveinideks
veineks
terminativeveininiveinideni
essiveveininaveinidena
abessiveveinitaveinideta
comitativeveinigaveinidega

Derived terms

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Compounds

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References

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  • vein inSõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “vein”, in[EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009
  • “vein”, in[SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2012–
  • Jüri Viikberg (2024) “vein”, in[YSL] Ülemsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [High German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)

Finnish

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Verb

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vein

  1. first-personsingularindicativepast ofviedä

Noun

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vein

  1. instructiveplural ofvee

Anagrams

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Gallo

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchvin, fromLatinvīnum, fromProto-Indo-European*wóyh₁nom.

Noun

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vein m (pluralveins)

  1. wine

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Deverbal fromveina(“to wail”).

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Noun

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vein n (genitive singularveins,nominative pluralvein)

  1. wail,lament

Declension

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Declension ofvein (neuter)
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativeveinveiniðveinveinin
accusativeveinveiniðveinveinin
dativeveiniveininuveinumveinunum
genitiveveinsveinsinsveinaveinanna

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Frenchvain, fromLatinvānus(“empty”). The noun is derived from the adjective.

Adjective

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vein

  1. vain(worthless, useless)
  2. vain(futile, ineffectual)
  3. unfounded,false,misleading
  4. (of a person, the heart, the mind, etc.)foolish,gullible
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Noun

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vein (uncountable)

  1. something that isworthless orfutile
  2. idleness,triviality
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References

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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vein (pluralveines)

  1. Alternative form ofveine(“vein”)

Etymology 3

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Adverb

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vein

  1. Alternative form offain
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