vein
[noun]
Synonyms:
- blood vessel
- seam, course, current, lode, stratum, streak, stripe
- mood, mode, note, style, temper, tenor, tone

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Related Words: way, line, mood, tenor, complexion, disposition, fettle, temperament, character, nature, spirit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

vein /veɪn/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: veine, from Latin vena]

1. [countable] one of the tubes which carries blood to your heart from other parts of your body ⇒ artery:
the pulmonary vein
She felt the blood racing through her veins as they kissed.

2. [countable] one of the thin lines on a leaf or on an insect’s wing

3. [countable] one of the thin lines on a piece of cheese or some types of stone

4. [countable] a thin layer of a valuable metal or mineral which is contained in rock
vein of
veins of gold

5. in a ... vein in a particular style of speaking or writing about something
in the same vein/in a similar vein
There was more humour, in much the same vein.
in a serious/light-hearted etc vein
poems in a lighter vein

6. a vein of humour/malice etc a small amount of humour etc:
In voicing our fear of old age, Rivers has discovered a rich vein of comedy.
⇒ deep vein thrombosis, varicose veins

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

vein
noun
I. tube carrying blood in the body
ADJ. blue A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.
broken, thread, varicose She uses make-up to hide the thread veins in her cheeks.
jugular
VERB + VEIN course/run along/through, flow through, pump through, race through, rush through He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins.
VEIN + VERB bulge, pulse, stand out, throb The veins stood out on her throat and temples.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

vein
II. particular style/quality
ADJ. rich
VERB + VEIN hit, strike The team have hit a rich vein of form recently.
tap (into)
PREP. ~ of The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play.
PHRASES in a different vein, in a lighter/more serious vein Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein.
in the same vein/in a similar vein

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

vein
veɪn
See: freeze one's blood or freeze the blood in one's veins , freeze one's veins

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲