vein
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6.3
- noun
- /veɪn/
- Specialized
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filón
- Included in the company's claims are significant mining veins, which contain 600,000 tons of proven thorium oxide reserves.
- a rich vein
They intuitively knew to look for gold and they would track the veins.
- They intuitively knew to look for gold and they would track the veins.
- There are these places where these these veins had been preserved at the point Earth was solidifying.
Examples
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The discovery in 1967 of the Orapa kimberlite, a deep diamond vein, by Lamont sparked a massive transformation of Botswanan life.
Academic text (2005) -
Would you have to know a lot about mining to discover a rich vein?
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With a vein of nickel in it.
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I think we tapped the vein, and it was rich.
Academic text (1996) -
It exposed a gold vein.
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Hey, look, Curt, there's a vein of it here in this rock.
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Now I go down, sink a shaft, and we're smack on top of the richest vein.
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My father narrowed one eye and stared at me like a prospector examining a vein in rock.
Fiction book (1993) -
Keep an eye out, and you'll see veins of anthracite layered in with the rock.
Blog text (29) -
The miners were excited when they found a rich vein of silver deep in the mountain.
Synonyms
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9.1
A rich vein of metal ore in the ground
A thin layer of rock that contains metal or other valuable rock that people can mine
A long thin layer of mineral that fills a crack in rock and often has gold or other metals
A very thin line in things such as leaves, rocks, or the body that holds another material
Compounds
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4.6
A large tube in the neck that carries blood from the head to the heart
- Specialized
2
6.8
A long blood vessel near the skin of the leg that carries blood from the foot
- Specialized
1
4.7
A vein that carries blood away from the liver to the large vein leading to the heart
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1
5.4
A blood vessel that carries blood from a kidney to the large vessel that returns blood to the heart
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1
4.2
A large blood vessel in the thigh that carries blood back to the heart
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1
4.3
A short blood vessel that carries blood from the stomach and intestines to the liver
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1
6.7
A vein near the skin on the inner side of the arm that takes blood from the hand and forearm
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1
5.0
A vein in the upper arm that runs next to the brachial artery and carries blood toward the armpit
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1
4.3
A large tube at the side of the neck that carries blood from the head to the chest
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1
9.0
A vein that carries blood from the intestines through the tissue that holds them to the portal vein
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1
5.1
A large vein in the hip area that carries blood from the legs to the main vein in the belly
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1
7.9
One of two large chest veins that carry blood from the head and arm to the heart
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1
5.2
A large tube inside the neck that carries blood from the head to the heart
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1
6.7
A large vein behind the knee that carries blood from the lower leg to the thigh
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1
5.4
A blood vessel that takes blood from the spleen to the large vessel leading to the liver
- Specialized
1
6.5
A large blood vessel under the collarbone that carries blood toward the heart
- Specialized
1
5.7
A vein on each side of the uterus that carries blood to a larger vein in the pelvis
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A large vein on the inner side of the temporal lobe that drains blood into a larger brain vein
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A small vein inside a vertebra that drains blood into the front part of the spinal vein network
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A large neck vein where two veins join to carry blood to the heart
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A small blood vessel that carries blood from the lung tubes to a larger vein near the spine
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A very small blood vessel that carries blood from capillaries into larger vessels
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A large early blood vessel in animal embryos that carries blood back to the heart
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A small blood vessel at the center of a liver lobule that collects blood and sends it to larger veins
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A vein that takes blood away from the back of the eye through the optic nerve
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Main vein that drains blood from the small gland above each kidney into nearby large veins
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A large vein near the surface of the upper arm that carries blood to the shoulder
- Specialized
A curved blood vessel that runs beside an artery with the same name in a body part
- Specialized
A blood vessel in the eye that carries blood away from the choroid layer
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A small blood vessel that carries blood from the large intestine to larger veins in the abdomen
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A vein that takes blood from the face and drains into a large vein in the neck
- Specialized
A large vein on each side of the lower body that joins to form the vein to the heart
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A small vein that takes blood away from the clear thin layer over the white of the eye
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A small vein in the chest that connects veins between the ribs to a vein near the armpit
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood from the gallbladder to a large vein in the liver
- Specialized
A vein deep in the side of the brain that drains blood toward the base of the brain
- Specialized
A blood vessel in the neck that drains blood from muscles near the spine
- Specialized
A vein in the temple area that carries blood away from nearby muscles
- Specialized
A vein in the spongy part of the skull that drains blood from the skull bones
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A vein beside the descending scapular artery in the shoulder that drains into the subclavian or external jugular vein
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A blood vessel in the head that connects veins inside the skull to veins outside
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A vein that carries blood away from the upper front part of the belly
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A small vein in the white of the eye near the cornea that helps drain fluid
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A left chest vein that carries blood from the upper back between the ribs to the azygos vein
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A small vein on the outer side of the forearm that joins a larger vein near the elbow
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A chest vein that takes blood from upper left rib spaces and drains into the azygos vein
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A small neck vein that runs beside the vertebral vein and drains into a large chest vein
- Specialized
A vein that runs next to an artery and uses its pulses to help return blood to the heart
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A short vein near the inner corner of the eye that joins forehead veins and becomes the facial vein
- Specialized
A main vein in an embryo that carries blood from the head to the heart
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A vein that drains blood from the front part of the brain into a deeper brain vein
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A vein at the front of the face that carries blood from the cheek toward the neck
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A vein at the front of the neck that starts below the chin and joins the external jugular vein
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A vein at the front of the neck vertebrae that drains blood from the spinal cord into the vertebral vein
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A vein that carries blood from the appendix into the ileocolic vein
- Specialized
A curved vein at the border of the kidney that carries blood from small kidney veins to larger ones
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A large blood vessel in the armpit that carries blood from the arm toward the heart
- Specialized
A vein on the right chest that carries blood from the chest and belly to the vein above the heart
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A vein on the right chest near the spine that carries blood to the large vein above the heart
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A small vein that carries blood from the sinuses above the nose into a vein near the eye
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vein comes from the Latin vena meaning 'channel' or 'tube', and miners used that idea for a thin 'stripe' of metal running through rock. That's why a vein of gold is a long, narrow line of ore.