veins

Meanings

Noun

• a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
  • "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
• a distinctive style or manner
• any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
• a layer of ore between layers of rock
• one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
• plural of vein

Verb

• make a veinlike pattern
• third-person singular simple present indicative of vein

Synonyms

mineral vein, nervure, vein, vena, venous blood vessel