vein

CEFRB2

/veɪn/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tube that carries blood back to the heart.

  2. 02

    noun

    A thin layer or line of a special material in rock or wood.

Examples

  • A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men.

  • Blood poured from the cut vein.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /vein/
  • /ven/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.

  2. The entrails of a shrimp.

  3. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

More examples

In context

  • The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.

  • The play is in a satirical vein.

  • in the same vein

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English veyne, 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).