to vein
5
7.7
- verb
- /veɪn/
:
vetear
- The fleece is split into a kind of jacket, its creamy lining veined with rich coral.
- veined leaves
- veined marble
- veined hands
Examples
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Our land is veined with a great network of branches, creeks, river and lakes.
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All around us, the purple-veined blood coral grew in spreading stalks.
Fiction book (1997) -
Read that part again about the silver-veined mountains.
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"I took my right hand off the wheel to pat her thin, veined fingers.
Fiction book (1990) -
Their light made Monica's small, sharp profile look like marble, pink as dawn and veined with blue.
Fiction book (1995) -
His limbs were long, his hands veined and muscular, still so delicate in his touch.
Fiction book (1995) -
The cherry blossoms are even lovelier than she'd imagined, an innocent pink veined with white.
Fiction book (1996) -
Elaine had short blue-black hair and almond eyes, skin so pale it looked like cold-veined marble in sunlight.
Fiction book (2001) -
A paved road, tufted with weeds, veined with blackberry vines, still wound through the trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
The marble countertop was beautifully veined, resembling natural stone patterns.
Synonyms
22
2.8
To mark something with long thin lines of a different color
2
9.5
To make thin parallel lines or shallow grooves on a surface
Compounds
- Specialized
5
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
- Specialized
1
4.2
A large blood vessel in the thigh that carries blood back to the heart
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
1
6.7
A large vein behind the knee that carries blood from the lower leg to the thigh
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A large vein on the inner side of the temporal lobe that drains blood into a larger brain vein
- Specialized
A small vein inside a vertebra that drains blood into the front part of the spinal vein network
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
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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
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A large vein on each side of the lower body that joins to form the vein to the heart
- Specialized
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
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A vein in the temple area that carries blood away from nearby muscles
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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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A small vein on the outer side of the forearm that joins a larger vein near the elbow
- Specialized
A chest vein that takes blood from upper left rib spaces and drains into the azygos vein
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A vein on the right chest near the spine that carries blood to the large vein above the heart
- Specialized
A small vein that carries blood from the sinuses above the nose into a vein near the eye
How Marked
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vein as a verb comes from the noun vein (Latin vena 'channel'), so to 'vein' something is to give it lines or streaks like the small tubes or ribs you see in stone, wood, or leaves.