vein
/veɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
noun
In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
noun
A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
noun
A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
noun
A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
Example Sentences
- "The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body."
- "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, […]"
- "They generally occur in the earth in what are called veins, and are seldom found in the pure metallic state, but generally in combination with some other substance, in which state they are called ores."
- "in the same vein"
- "He[…]is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking."
- "Come ride with me Through the veins of history, I'll show you how God Falls asleep on the job"
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin vēna Old French veinebor. Middle English veine English vein From Middle English veine, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: veine, vēna
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /veɪn/
- British English: /veɪn/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.