Usually means: Blood vessel returning to heart.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 56 dictionaries that define the word vein:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. vein: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. vein: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. vein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. vein: Collins English Dictionary
  5. vein: Vocabulary.com
  6. Vein, vein: Wordnik
  7. vein: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Vein, Vein, Vein: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. vein: Wiktionary
  10. vein: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. vein: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. vein: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. vein: Dictionary.com
  14. vein: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. vein: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Vein, Vein (Boris album), Vein (Foetus album), Vein (album), Vein (band), Vein (disambiguation), Vein (geology), Vein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Vein: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. vein: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. vein: Rhymezone
  20. vein: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. vein: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. vein: Free Dictionary
  23. vein: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. vein: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. vein: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Cigar Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vein: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Vein: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Vein: Diabetes Dictionary
  4. Vein(s): Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Vein: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  10. vein: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. Skin Cancer Information (No longer online)
  12. vein: Medical dictionary
  13. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  14. Vein: Drug Medical Dictionary
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. VEIN: Acronym Finder

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. vein: Rhododendron Glossary
  3. vein: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  4. Vein: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  5. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. vein: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Vein, vein: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Vein: Gems and Precious Stones
  2. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  3. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See veinal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
noun:  (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
noun:  (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
noun:  (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
noun:  A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
noun:  (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
noun:  (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
noun:  (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
noun:  A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
verb:  To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    crimson,     burgundy,     scarlet,     ruby,     maroon, more...



Word origin

Words similar to vein

Usage examples for vein

Idioms related to vein

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing vein

Words that often appear near vein

Rhymes of vein

Invented words related to vein

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    crimson,     burgundy,     scarlet,     ruby,     maroon, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out vein 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!