word-vault/dist/data/cards/ve/vein.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "vein",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "any of the tubes that carry blood from all parts of the body towards the heart",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the jugular vein"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nurse was having trouble finding a vein in his arm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The philosopher Seneca opened his veins in his bath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The veins stood out on her throat and temples."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a drop of Irish blood in her veins."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blue", "broken", "spider"],
                "verb + vein": ["course through", "flow through", "pump through"],
                "vein + verb": ["pulse", "throb", "bulge"],
                "phrases": ["… blood in somebody’s veins"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "any of the very thin tubes that form the frame of a leaf or an insect’s wing",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a narrow area of a different colour in some types of stone, wood and cheese",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a thin layer of minerals or metal contained in rock",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a vein of gold"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an amount of a particular quality or feature in something",
            "sensetop": "vein (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They had tapped a rich vein of information in his secretary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a vein of proverbial wisdom in what he said."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team have hit a rich vein of form recently."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rich"],
                "verb + vein": ["hit", "strike", "mine"],
                "preposition": ["vein of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "in a different vein",
                    "in a lighter vein",
                    "in a more serious vein"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a particular style or manner",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A number of other people commented **in a similar vein**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘And that's not all,’ he continued in angry vein."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Other speakers tackled the same problem in a lighter vein."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rich"],
                "verb + vein": ["hit", "strike", "mine"],
                "preposition": ["vein of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "in a different vein",
                    "in a lighter vein",
                    "in a more serious vein"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/veɪn/",
                "audio": "ve/vein/vein__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/veɪn/",
                "audio": "ve/vein/vein__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French veine, from Latin vena. The earliest senses were ‘blood vessel’ and ‘small natural underground channel of water’."
}