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Meanings of vein in English

Russian
вена
Portuguese
veia
Catalan
vena
Spanish
vena

Blood vessel that carry deoxygenated blood towards the heart, with the exception of the pulmonary vein.

Related terms
вена
Russian
жилка листа
Portuguese
nervuras foliares
Spanish
nervadura

Nerve in a leaf.

жилка листа
Catalan
nervi
Spanish
nervio

Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

nervi
Catalan
veta

A layer of ore between layers of rock.

veta
Synonyms
Examples for "mineral vein"
Examples for "mineral vein"
1
They thus exposed a broad mineral vein on the side of the mountain.
Short Stories of Various Types
2
The law gives a mineral vein to the person who stakes it off and records it first.
The Lure of the North
3
They were successful, and when they had reached a point 140 feet below the surface rock, they struck the mineral vein.
Saratoga and How to See It
4
They had enough presence of mind, however, to lay the moss carefully back in place so as to hide the mineral vein.
Short Stories of Various Types
5
It is a mineral vein, or cavity, in which are blended together coal of the most fixed kind, quartz and marmor metallicum.
Theory of the Earth, With Proofs and Illustrations, Volume 1 (of...
Usage of vein in English
1
The company said results had continued in a similar vein this month.
Radio NZ
2
This vein of talk is a sure way of ruining an evening.
A singular man
3
We continued in this vein for the best part of a year.
Kalooki Nights
4
But the time came when the King was not in the vein.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 / A Maga...
5
There's more in that vein to come if the Tories retain power.
The Guardian
6
We report the first case of CH originating from the gonadal vein.
Pubmed
7
There are other books in a similar vein by the same author.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
8
Her artistic response, though, has been to continue in the same vein.
The Guardian
9
This will generally be in the side at which the vein is.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery / For the Use of Senior St...
10
Primary cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells were used in this study.
Pubmed
11
The result was a long letter of wild expostulation in this vein:
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
12
In this same vein, a dish for food offerings may be used.
Witch School's First Degree
13
The letter was written in a very lively and exceedingly familiar vein.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
14
Dos Passos's letters and diaries are perceptive in a democratic American vein.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
15
Motta continued in the same vein: 'This is no matter for children.'
A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
16
And the telegram gave him an excuse to speak in another vein.
John Wesley, Jr. / The Story of an Experiment
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Translations for vein
Vein through the time
Vein across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common