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vein   (TTS Sound)

The noun vein has 5 senses

• vein, vena, venous blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood")


• vein -- (a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes")


• vein, nervure -- (any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ)


• vein, mineral vein -- (a layer of ore between layers of rock)


• vein, nervure -- (one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect)

The verb vein has 1 sense

• vein -- (make a veinlike pattern)