vein

IPA: vˈeɪn

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
(in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
(botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
(zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
(geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
(figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
(figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

Examples of "vein" in Sentences

So calling Viet Nam War deaths in vein is a very loaded signal.
In fact, it's even less important than using GOD'S name in vein .......
In the same vein is the slightly older Push: New Thinking About Roleplaying.
Another novel in this same vein is To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.
Grant Avenue is the district's main vein, but the adjacent streets and alleys abound with history and culture.
In the same genre but a somewhat different vein is Roger Sessions's "The Musical Experience of Composer, Performer, Listener" (1950).
In the same genre but a somewhat different vein is Roger Sessions's little book "The Musical Experience of Composer, Performer, Listener" (1950).
In a similar vein is Friends on Fire, a Facebook app for Yahoo's awesome Fire Eagle to share your REALTIME location (smart privacy features) with your friends.
The suggestion that it continues almost immediately from the end of Casino Royale, and in much the same vein, is all the advertising most movie fans will need.
Another artist worthy of consideration in this same vein is Otto Wagner (1841-1918), whose glass work in the Art Nouveau church of St. Leopold am Steinhof in Vienna has to be amongst some of the most widely known.