veinlike
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- adjective
- /ˈveɪnˌlaɪk/
- The artist used a veinlike texture in his painting to add depth and complexity to the landscape.
Examples
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She admired the veinlike design on the leaves, which created intricate shadows on the ground.
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The marble countertop has beautiful veinlike patterns that resemble flowing water.
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And then I saw a tiny black thread, horizontal, a hairline fracture dividing time remaining from time spent, unlike the other cracks in the walls, the veinlike fissures that ran through that old house.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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4.4
Having lines and marks like those on a leaf or marble
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4.3
Having thin lines running through stone like marble or wood
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4.2
Very thin and long like a single hair
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Showing many thin lines like those in leaves or marble
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5.6
Having thin purple lines or streaks on a flower's petals
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About the veins in a plant's leaves or stem
Having thin lines like the veins in leaves or insect wings
Describing small veins that carry blood back to the heart
How Veined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Veinlike comes from the simple word vein, from old Latin vena meaning 'tube' or 'vein', and the ending -like, which means 'similar'. So veinlike means 'similar to a vein', and we use it for thin, branching lines you see in leaves, marble, or insect wings.