vein

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
  2. noun a distinctive style or manner
  3. noun any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

Etymology

From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).

In classic literature

Synonyms

vena, venous blood vessel

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