vein
11vein — [n1] mood, tone attitude, bent, character, characteristic, complexion, dash, disposition, faculty, fashion, fettle, hint, humor, line, manner, mind, mode, nature, note, spice, spirit, strain, streak, style, suggestion, suspicion, tang, temper,… …
12vein — index phraseology, tenor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13vein — 1 *mood, humor, temper Analogous words: *disposition, temper, complexion, temperament 2 strain, streak, *touch, suggestion, suspicion, soupçon, tincture, tinge, shade, smack, spice, dash …
14Vein — In the circulatory system, a vein is a blood vessel that carries blood back toward the heart (as opposed to artery, a blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart). The majority of veins in the body carry low oxygen blood from the tissues back …
15vein — noun 1 tube carrying blood in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ blue ▪ A blue vein throbbed in his forehead. ▪ broken (esp. BrE), spider (esp. AmE), thread (esp. BrE), varicose …
16vein — 01. The [veins] in his hands are really thick and easy to see under the skin. 02. It took the nurse a while to find a [vein] big enough to take a blood sample from the old woman. 03. His books treat very serious subjects in a humorous [vein]. 04 …
17vein — n. blood vessel 1) to open a vein 2) the jugular vein 3) varicose veins mood manner 4) a gloomy; happy; humorous; lighter; melancholy; merry; serious vein 5) in a certain vein (let s continue our discussion in a lighter vein) * * * [veɪn] happy… …
18vein — [[t]ve͟ɪn[/t]] veins 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your veins are the thin tubes in your body through which your blood flows towards your heart. → See also varicose vein Many veins are found just under the skin. 2) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp, usu adj N… …
19vein — de·vein; in·ter·vein; vein·al; vein; vein·er; vein·less; vein·let; vein·ous; vein·ule; vein·u·let; …
20vein — veinal, adj. veinless, adj. veinlike, adj. /vayn/, n. 1. one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart. 2. (loosely) any blood vessel. 3. one of the riblike thickenings that form the… …
