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veined

/veɪnd/

veined adjective: having veins or veinlike markings. Also the simple past and past participle of vein.

Adjective

veined (comparative more veined, superlative most veined)

  1. (in-compounds, sometimes) Having veins or veinlike markings.
    • veined cheese, veined marble
    • These blue-vein’d violets whereon we lean
      Never can blab, nor know not what we mean.1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC

Also used as

veined is also the simple past and past participle of vein.

Forms of veined

comparativemore veined
superlativemost veined

Words formed from veined

Words that rhyme with veined

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Questions about veined

What does veined mean?
Veined means having veins or veinlike markings.
What part of speech is veined?
Veined is an adjective.
How do you pronounce veined?
Veined is pronounced /veɪnd/.

Words near veined in the dictionary

  1. Veinakhia
  2. veinal
  3. veination
  4. veinations
  5. veinbanding
  6. veined
  7. veiner
  8. veineries
  9. veiners
  10. veinery
  11. veinier

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