Veins

Word VEINS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /veɪnz/

Definitions and meanings of "Veins"

What do we mean by veins?

A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

(in plural) The entrails of a shrimp.

In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.

The nervure of an insect’s wing.

A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.

A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.

A style, tendency, or quality.

A fissure, cleft or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

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The word "veins" in example sentences

These capillaries in turn empty into a single system of veins which, uniting to form the _hepatic veins_ ❋ Francis M. Walters (N/A)

What Erasistratus made out was that, at the roots of the aorta and the pulmonary artery (Fig. 1) there were valves, which opened in the direction indicated by the arrows; and, on the other hand, that at the junction of what he called the veins with the heart there were other valves, which also opened again in the direction indicated by the arrows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What Erasistratus made out was that, at the roots of the aorta and the pulmonary artery (Figure 1) there were valves, which opened in the direction indicated by the arrows; and, on the other hand, that at the junction of what he called the veins with the heart there were other valves, which also opened again in the direction indicated by the arrows. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

“Blood found within these veins is for my personal use only,” or something along those lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“I am English, too; half the blood in my veins is English; thus I have a right to a double power of patriotism, possessing an interest in two noble, free, and fortunate countries.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Meanwhile, remove the seeds and veins from the chilacate peppers and cook in one cup of water until tender. ❋ Unknown (2003)

At eighty-five beats your gun would tremble against your torso; at ninety ticks you couldn't work the trigger, as blood occlusion in veins and constricted nerves in shoulders and arms combined to guarantee that you would fail to perform at an acceptable level. ❋ Unknown (2001)

One learns also that the fact that these colored multitudes have a bit more of that substance known as melanin running through their veins is no reason to believe that they constitute inferior breeds, heathen beyond the law. ❋ Unknown (1958)

Yet, as I said, we are full of hope, and there can be no man so bold as to limit the capabilities of that blood which flows in English veins as well as in Hindu. ❋ Various (N/A)

Easy Quick Hot Sauce (fairly mild) 1 can Rotel Tomatoes & Green Chilies (pick your heat level) 3-4 fresh jalapenos seeded and deveined (leave in veins for extra heat) 1/2 white or yellow onion ❋ Unknown (1919)

B. remove seeds and veins from the chiles and put them to soak in very hot water. ❋ Unknown (1919)

I thank God that every drop of blood in my veins is Saxon blood. ❋ Unknown (1917)

If his mother was a German woman, I’ll be bound for it his father is an Englishman, and one of rank too: who can calculate the English blood that has been flowing, these last thirty years, in German veins! ❋ Unknown (1917)

And no dastard blood was flowing in Southern veins that day! ❋ William G. Shepperson. (1862)

North Fork at the north bank, we had to ford both branches of the stream to get to our new station, which we found very productive; the gold being more plentiful than in the lower diggings, and discovered in short veins, and in lumps amongst the rocks of the neighbouring ravines. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

Either it is the effect of climate, in which case the moral as well as the physical man must have altered from the original stock, or it arises from there being more "ungerman" blood flowing in English veins than is acknowledged. ❋ Various (1852)

What we call the veins on a leaf, he took for roads; ay, and very long roads they were for him; for before he had half finished his task, the sun went down: he had commenced his work too late. ❋ Unknown (1840)

Were your cause less holy, I would not shed the meanest drop that flows in English veins to serve it; but now, it hallows every exploit that is undertaken ❋ Unknown (1823)

Were your cause less holy, I would not shed the meanest drop that flows in English veins to serve it; but now, it hallows every exploit that is undertaken in its favor, and the names of all who contend for it shall belong to posterity. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

"But forget not, my trusty guide," replied the lady, "that the blood in our veins is English, and consequently, that we are in danger from all who call themselves foes to the ruddy Cross." ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

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