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ALL meanings of veining

vein·ing
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  • noun veining a tendency, quality, or strain traceable in character, conduct, writing, etc.; manner or style: to write in a poetic vein. 1
  • verb with object veining to furnish with veins. 1
  • verb with object veining to mark with lines or streaks suggesting veins. 1
  • verb with object veining to extend over or through in the manner of veins: Broad new highways vein the countryside. 1
  • noun veining one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart. 1
  • noun veining (loosely) any blood vessel. 1
  • noun veining one of the riblike thickenings that form the framework of the wing of an insect. 1
  • noun veining one of the strands or bundles of vascular tissue forming the principal framework of a leaf. 1
  • noun veining any body or stratum of ore, coal, etc., clearly separated or defined: a rich vein of coal. 1
  • noun veining a body or mass of igneous rock, deposited mineral, or the like occupying a crevice or fissure in rock; lode. 1
  • noun veining a natural channel or watercourse beneath the surface of the earth. 1
  • noun veining the water running through such a channel. 1
  • noun veining a streak or marking, as of a different shade or color, running through marble, wood, etc. 1
  • noun veining a condition, mood, or temper: a vein of pessimism. 1
  • noun veining An arrangement of veins or veinlike markings. 0
  • noun veining a pattern or network of veins or streaks 0
  • noun veining the formation or arrangement of veins or veinlike markings 0
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