vein — OET · Shobdo

vein

noun

1 the mineral veins in the rock vary in thickness:

layer, lode, seam, stratum, stratification, bed, deposit, accumulation.

2 the floor was made of cold, white marble with grey veins:

streak, marking, mark, line, stripe, strip, band, thread, fleck, dash, flash, swathe, strand;

technical stria, striation, lane.

3 drinking produced a vein of brilliance in him:

streak, strain, trait, element, dash, dab, smattering, sprinkling, trace, hint, sign, suggestion, suspicion, indication, nuance.

4 he closes the article in a somewhat humorous vein:

mood, humour, temper, temperament, disposition, frame of mind, state of mind, attitude, inclination, tendency, tenor, tone, key, spirit, character, stamp, feel, feeling, flavour, quality, atmosphere;

manner, way, style.

word links	vein
vascular, venous relating to veins angio- relating to blood vessels, as in angioplasty phlebotomy incision into a vein

vein Oxford Dictionary of English