Vain vs. Vein

Vainadjective

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

Vainadjective

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

Vainadjective

Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.

Vainadjective

Showy; ostentatious.

Vainadjective

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

Vainadjective

Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

Vainadjective

Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

Vainadjective

Showy; ostentatious.

Vainnoun

Vanity; emptiness; - now used only in the phrase in vain.

Vainadjective

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;

Vainadjective

unproductive of success;

Vainadjective

having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth

Vainadjective

producing no result; useless

Vainadjective

having no likelihood of fulfilment; empty

Veinnoun

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart

Veinnoun

(used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp

Veinnoun

(botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle

Veinnoun

(zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing

Veinnoun

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

Veinnoun

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

Veinnoun

A style, tendency, or quality.

Veinnoun

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

Veinverb

To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.

Veinnoun

One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

Veinnoun

One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

Veinnoun

One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

Veinnoun

A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; - often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.

Veinnoun

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

Veinnoun

A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

Veinnoun

A train of associations, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course; as, reasoning in the same vein.

Veinnoun

Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.

Veinverb

To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

Veinnoun

a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; all veins except the pulmonary carry unaerated blood

Veinnoun

a distinctive style or manner;

Veinnoun

any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

Veinnoun

a layer of ore between layers of rock

Veinnoun

one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

Veinverb

make a veinlike pattern

Veinnoun

any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood towards the heart.

Veinnoun

(in general use) a blood vessel

Veinnoun

(in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf or bract, typically dividing or branching, and containing a vascular bundle.

Veinnoun

(in insects) a hardened branching rib that forms part of the supporting framework of a wing, consisting of an extension of the tracheal system; a nervure.

Veinnoun

a fracture in rock containing a deposit of minerals or ore and typically having an extensive course underground

Veinnoun

a streak or stripe of a different colour in wood, marble, cheese, etc.

Veinnoun

a source of a specified quality

Veinnoun

a distinctive quality, style, or tendency

Vein

Veins are blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart.