Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vein
Vein
vein
n. & v. --n. 1 a any of the tubes by which blood is conveyed to the heart (cf. ARTERY). b (in general use) any blood-vessel (has royal blood in his veins). 2 a nervure of an insect's wing. 3 a slender bundle of tissue forming a rib in the framework of a leaf. 4 a streak or stripe of a different colour in wood, marble, cheese, etc. 5 a fissure in rock filled with ore or other deposited material. 6 a source of a particular characteristic (a rich vein of humour). 7 a distinctive character or tendency; a cast of mind or disposition; a mood (spoke in a sarcastic vein). --v.tr. fill or cover with or as with veins. Derivatives veinless n. veinlet n. veinlike adj. veiny adj. (veinier, veiniest). Etymology: ME f. OF veine f. L vena
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin vena Date: 14th century 1. a narrow water channel in rock or earth or in ice, b. lode 2, a bed of useful mineral matter, lode 3, blood vessel, 3. any of the vascular bundles forming the framework of a leaf, any of the thickened cuticular ribs that serve to stiffen the wings of an insect, something suggesting ~s (as in reticulation), 5. a distinctive mode of expression ; style , a distinctive element or quality ; strain , a line of thought or action , 6. a special aptitude , a usually transitory and casually attained mood, top form , ~al adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1502 to pattern with or as if with ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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