Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veined

/veɪnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: veined
IPA: /veɪnd/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having veins or veinlike markings.

verb

simple past and past participle of vein

Example Sentences

"veined cheese, veined marble"
"These blue-vein’d violets whereon we lean Never can blab, nor know not what we mean."
"A queenly creature with her quiet grace, And dazzling white hand veined cerulean:"
"For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids […]"

Inflected Forms

more veined (comparative) most veined (superlative)

Derived Forms

interveined multiveined unveined

Phrases

black-veined white blue-veined cheese fan-veined feather-veined green-veined white net-veined red-veined red-veined darter

Synonyms

venose veinlike

Rhymes With

trained gained contained maintained sustained retained stained drained entertained attained strained half-strained

Questions

How do you pronounce veined?: The recorded pronunciation is /veɪnd/.
What does veined mean?: Having veins or veinlike markings.

How to pronounce veined

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