vein
noun /veɪn/
/veɪn/
- the jugular vein
- The nurse was having trouble finding a vein in his arm.
Homophones vain | veinvain vein/veɪn//veɪn/- vain adjective
- He plunged into the icy water in a vain effort to rescue his dog.
- vein noun
- A vein in her head throbbed when she was angry.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1- He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins.
- The philosopher Seneca opened his veins in his bath.
- The veins stood out on her throat and temples.
- There's a drop of Irish blood in her veins.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blue
- broken
- spider
- …
- course through
- flow through
- pump through
- …
- pulse
- throb
- bulge
- …
- … blood in somebody’s veins
- [countable] any of the very thin tubes that form the frame of a leaf or an insect’s wing
- [countable] a narrow area of a different colour in some types of stone, wood and cheese
- [countable] a thin layer of minerals or metal contained in rock synonym seam
- a vein of gold
- [singular] vein (of something) an amount of a particular quality or feature in something
- They had tapped a rich vein of information in his secretary.
- There was a vein of proverbial wisdom in what he said.
Extra Examples- The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play.
- The team have hit a rich vein of form recently.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rich
- hit
- strike
- mine
- …
- vein of
- in a different vein
- in a lighter vein
- in a more serious vein
- …
- [singular, uncountable] a particular style or manner
- A number of other people commented in a similar vein.
- ‘And that's not all,’ he continued in angry vein.
- Other speakers tackled the same problem in a lighter vein.
- Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rich
- hit
- strike
- mine
- …
- vein of
- in a different vein
- in a lighter vein
- in a more serious vein
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French veine, from Latin vena. The earliest senses were ‘blood vessel’ and ‘small natural underground channel of water’.