veiny
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈveɪni/
- Around his mouth looked really veiny but the veins were dark purple and spider like.
- veiny hands
- looks veiny
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Watch on YouTubeLike get veiny like, like do something to look like a human anatomical chart.
- Like get veiny like, like do something to look like a human anatomical chart.
- It is disgusting and wet and tight and veiny.
Examples
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He had raised his big, veiny hands, palms up and open, certainly not to attack.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our two hands were nearly of a size, though my skin was wrinkled and veiny and her nails were dirty.
Fiction book (1998) -
You see that it looks all veiny and alive like a bat wing, all right?
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"The veiny, shiny, thin hand
Fiction book (1990) -
The hollows in his eyes were deep, the skin around them veiny and purplish.
Fiction book (1999) -
She watched one gnarled, veiny arm stretch forward as if detached.
Fiction book (2000) -
She watched him drive with one large, veiny hand on the steering wheel while he held the can of beer in his other hand and took swigs.
Fiction book (1990) -
She covered his hand—his mottled, dry, veiny hand—with her own.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then I see Dennis coming down the stairs—his naked, veiny feet, his grubby jeans, the billow of his stomach that pushes against his disheveled shirt.
Fiction book (1999) -
After the workout, his arms were so veiny that the muscles seemed to pop out visibly.
Synonyms
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4.4
Having lines and marks like those on a leaf or marble
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8.2
Showing many thin lines like those in leaves or marble
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6.8
A pattern of thin lines like those on a leaf or in marble
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9.9
About the veins in a plant's leaves or stem
Having thin lines like the veins in leaves or insect wings
How Veined
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3.9
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4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word veiny comes from vein, which means 'a tube that carries blood', and the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So when skin or muscles show many visible veins, we call them veiny because they look 'full of' veins.