noun 1) вена; кровеносный сосуд 2) жилка (листа); прожилка (крылышка насекомого) 3) жилка, склонность 4) настроение; to be in the vein for smth. - быть в настроении делать что-л. - in the same vein 5) min. жила ...
1. анат. вена 2. разг. жила 3. ход (мысли); канал, источник (информации) 4. склонность, жилка a vein of humour, a humorous vein —- юмористическая жилка a vein of cruelty —- (некоторая) склонность к жестокости he is a man of an imaginative vein —- он человек с воображением 5. способность, талант 6. настроение, расположение; творческий подъем I am not in the vein for it —- у меня нет настроения для этого, я не расположен к этому he writes poetry when he is in the vein —- он пишет стихи, когда у него появляется настроение 7. фин. биржевые настроения; тенденция (на бирже) 8. тон, стиль to speak in a serious vein —- говорить в серьзоном тоне other remarks in the same vein —- другие замечания в таком же духе 9. бот. жилка (листа) 10. зоол. прожилка (на крылышке насекомого) 11. жилка, прожилка (в мраморе) 12. узор (древесины) 13. тонкая щель, расщелина (в льдине и т. п.) 14. геол. жила 15. покрывать что-л. сетью чего-л.; распространяться (где-л.) 16. спец. наводить узор; отделывать, красить под мрамор, дуб и т. п. ...
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. a narrow water channel in rock or earth or in ice b. (1) lode 2 (2) a bed of useful mineral matter c. lode 3 2. blood vessel; especially any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart 3. a. any of the vascular bundles forming the framework of a leaf b. any of the thickened cuticular ribs that serve to stiffen the wings of an insect 4. something suggesting ~s (as in reticulation); specifically a wavy variegation (as in marble) 5. a. a distinctive mode of expression ; style stories in a romantic ~ b. a distinctive element or quality ; strain introduced a welcome ~ of humor c. a line of thought or action renewed discussion along the same ~ 6. a. a special aptitude inherited an artistic ~ b. a usually transitory and casually attained mood c. top form thou troublest me; I am not in the ~ — Shakespeare • ~al adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1502 to pattern with or as if with ~s ...
(veins) 1. Your veins are the thin tubes in your body through which your blood flows towards your heart. Compare artery. Many veins are found just under the skin. N-COUNT: usu pl see also varicose vein 2. Something that is written or spoken in a particular vein is written or spoken in that style or mood. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein... N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, usu adj N 3. A vein of a particular quality is evidence of that quality which someone often shows in their behaviour or work. This Spanish drama has a vein of black humour running through it. N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp 4. A vein of a particular metal or mineral is a layer of it lying in rock. ...a rich and deep vein of limestone. = seam N-COUNT: N of n 5. The veins on a leaf are the thin lines on it. ...the serrated edges and veins of the feathery leaves. N-COUNT ...
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~ n 1 one of the tubes through which blood flows to your heart from other parts of your body (- compare artery (1)) 2 3 a) one of the thin lines on a leaf or on the wing of an insect b) one of the thin lines on a piece of wood, cheese, marble (1) etc 4 a thin layer of a valuable metal or mineral which is contained in rock (a rich vein of silver) 5 a particular style or way, especially when speaking or writing about something (in the same vein/in a similar vein) (His second novel is in very much the same vein as the first. | in a serious/light-hearted vein) (The rest of the speech was in a more light-hearted vein.) 6 a vein of humour/malice etc a small amount of a particular quality (a rich vein) (There's a rich vein of humour running through her stories.) ...
- 13c., from O.Fr. veine, from L. vena "a blood vessel," also "a water course, a vein of metal, a person's natural ability or interest," of unknown origin. Meaning "a humor or mood" first recorded 1577. ...