Crossword-Solution: VEIN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Vein | n. | One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2. |
| Vein | n. | One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf. |
| Vein | n. | One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation. |
| Vein | n. | A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores. |
| Vein | n. | A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. |
| Vein | n. | A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation. |
| Vein | n. | A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course. |
| Vein | n. | Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein. |
| Vein | v. t. | To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| VEIN | anagram | EVIN, NEVI, NIVE, VENI, VINE |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with VEIN (5)
Let us dig a little further in the direction of this vein!” Then after long search into the minister’s dim interior, and turning over many precious materials, in the shape of high aspirations for the welfare of his race, warm love of souls, pure sentiments, natural piety, strengthened by thought and study, and illuminated by revelation—all of which invaluable gold was perhaps no better than rubbish to the seeker—he would turn back, discouraged, and begin his quest towards another point.
The fever of war that would presently clog vein and artery, deaden nerve and destroy brain, had still to develop.
Though even that, you know, is far from explaining all,” he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing.
There was no vein, just a pocket in the rock that had sometime or another got filled up with molten silver.
For, after these things, it is not necessary for me to say anything more with a view to explain the motion of the heart, except that when its cavities are not full of blood, into these the blood of necessity flows,--from the hollow vein into the right, and from the venous artery into the left; because these two vessels are always full of blood, and their orifices, which are turned towards the heart, cannot then be closed.
Quotes with VEIN (3)
Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.
In a dispassionate view the ardour for reform, improvement for virtue, for knowledge, and even beauty is only a vein sticking up for appearances as though one were anxious about the cut of ones clothes in a community of blind men.
We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 237 times in crossword archives (1955–2025).