Synonyms of the word vein


VEINFORMATION - NERVURE - RIB - STAIN - STYLE

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.

formation

  • n. Something possessing structure or form.
  • n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
  • n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
  • n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
  • n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
  • n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
  • n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
  • n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

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).

stain

  • n. A discoloured spot or area.
  • n. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
  • n. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
  • n. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
  • v. To discolour something.
  • v. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation.
  • v. To coat a surface with a stain.
  • v. (cytology) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features.
  • v. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

style

  • n. A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.
  • n. Flair; grace; fashionable skill.
  • n. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
  • n. A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
  • n. A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
  • n. (nonstandard) A stylus.
  • n. (obsolete) A pen; an author's pen.
  • n. A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
  • n. A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
  • n. A long, slender, bristle-like process.
  • n. The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
  • n. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.
  • v. (transitive) To create or give a style, fashion or image to.
  • v. (transitive) To call or give a name or title to.

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