vein

Part of speech: verb

To furnish, traverse, or fill with veins.

Part of speech: noun

One of the vessels that convey blood to the heart; loosely, any blood vessel.

Part of speech: noun

A rib, as of an insect's wing, or of a leaf.

Part of speech: noun

A seam of ore.

Part of speech: noun

A colored streak, as in wood.

Part of speech: noun

A trait; humor; mood.

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Usage examples "vein":

  1. A little blue thread of a vein showed there, maddeningly. - "Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl", Fannie Hurst.
  2. How did each writer strain After a happy vein! - "Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce", E. R. Billings.
  3. His fingers dug deeply into his nervous companion's arm as he dragged him along, talking in his characteristic vein: My dear Tuck, it's a pleasure to find ourselves at last in a home whose appointments speak for breeding and taste. - "The Madness of May", Meredith Nicholson.