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1.NounA blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart."The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body."
2.NounThe entrails of a shrimp.
3.NounIn leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4.NounThe nervure of an insect’s wing.
5.NounA stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
6.NounA sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
7.NounA topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc."in the same vein"
8.NounA style, tendency, or quality."The play is in a satirical vein."
9.NounA fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
10.VerbTo mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.