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intervein

intervein adjective: between veins.

Adjective

intervein (not comparable)

  1. Between veins.
    • Intervein areas of young leaves had significantly greater water content than similar areas in old leaves.1982, John Feltwell, Large white butterfly
    Synonyms:
    intervenal, intervenous

Verb

intervein (third-person singular simple present interveins, present participle interveining, simple past and past participle interveined)

  1. (transitive) To form veins mutually with.
    • 1810/1835, William Wordsworth, Guide to the Lakes
      With this blue or grey colour is frequently intermixed a red tinge, proceeding from the iron that interveins the stone, and impregnates the soil.

Synonyms of intervein

Forms of intervein

third-person singular presentinterveins
present participleinterveining
past participleinterveined
pastinterveined

Origin of intervein

From inter- + vein.

Questions about intervein

What does intervein mean?
Intervein means between veins.
What part of speech is intervein?
Intervein can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near intervein in the dictionary

  1. intervascular
  2. intervasion
  3. intervasions
  4. intervehicle
  5. intervehicular
  6. intervein
  7. interveinal
  8. interveined
  9. interveining
  10. interveins
  11. intervenability

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