Origin: 1200-1300 Old French veine, from Latin vena
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►in a serious/similar/philosophical etc. vein
poems in a more humorous vein
►in the same vein
She’s made a number of speeches in the same vein.
1 [countable]science, biology one of the tubes through which blood flows toward the heart from other parts of the body → artery2[countable]science, biology one of the thin tubes on a leaf that allows sap to move through it3[countable]science, biology a structure that provides support for the wing of an insect4[countable] one of the thin lines on a piece of wood, cheese,marble (=type of stone), etc.5[countable]earth science a thin layer of a valuable metal or mineral which is contained in rock: a vein of gold6in a ... vein in a particular style or way of doing something: in a serious/similar/philosophical etc. vein poems in a more humorous vein She’s made a number of speeches in the same vein.7a vein of humor/malice/talent etc. an amount of a particular quality