Synonyms of the word

nervure

• n. (entomology) A vein in the wing of an insect.
• n. (botany, now rare) Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues…

rib

• n. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from…
• n. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
• n. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
• n. (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to…
• n. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
• n. (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially…
• n. (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
• n. (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
• n. A teasing joke.
• n. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
• n. A stalk of celery.
• n. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.
• v. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
• v. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
• v. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
• v. (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

vein

• n. (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
• n. (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp.
• n. (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
• n. (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
• n. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other…
• n. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
• n. A style, tendency, or quality.
• n. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
• v. To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.