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Another word for vein

vein Synonyms

vein

n.

A deposit of ore
lode, bed, mineral bed, seam, striation, streak, strike, ledge, lead, reef, dike.
A blood vessel, especially leading to the heart
duct, canal, vena cava, varicose vein, veinlet, venule, artery, arteriole, capillary; see also artery 2, vessel 3.
Major veins of the human body include: jugular, pulmonary, subclavian, portal, iliac, hepatic, renal, cervical, brachiocephalic, femoral, saphenous.
Anything resembling a vein, sense 2
hair, thread, follicle, nerve, rib, nervure, venation.
A distinctive quality or mood
strain, humor, temper, tenor tone, style, bent, ilk, tang, spice, dash; see also characteristic, mood 1, temperament. See syn. study at mood.

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Another word for vein

noun

An intermixture of a contrasting or unexpected quality, especially in a person's character:
strain², streak. See be
A temporary state of mind or feeling:
frame of mind, humor, mood, spirit (used in plural), temper. See feelings
A distinctive way of expressing oneself:
fashion, manner, mode, style, tone. See style

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A genuine vein of philanthropy has always existed in the Quaker body.
He had discovered a contraction in the vein of fluid (vena contracta) which issued from the orifice, and found that, at the distance of about a diameter of the aperture, the section of the vein was contracted in the subduplicate ratio of two to one.
She ran her fingers up his arm, tracing the large vein – feeling the fine dark hair.
Bleeding from a vein is of a darker colour; the flow is steady, and the bleeding is from the distal end of the vessel.
In northern Estremadura in Spain and Alemtezo in Portugal there are vein deposits of phosphate of lime.

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