What does vein mean?
Word: Vein
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Vein means a thin tube inside the body that carries blood back to the heart. The thin lines on a leaf are also called veins.
Sounds like: vain (too proud of your looks or of what you can do); vane (a blade on a roof that turns to show the direction of the wind)
How do you spell vein?
Syllables: vein
Tricky part: Vain and vane sound exactly the same as this word, so your ears cannot help you here. There is no letter a in the body word.
Watch out for: vayn, vaine
Memory tip: A vein is a blood vessel, and vessel has no a in it. Let that remind you to keep the a out of vein too.
Idioms and Phrases
- in the same vein: in the same style or manner Example: "Her first story was funny, and the second went on in the same vein."
Vein in a sentence
Example 1: A pale green vein ran down the middle of the banana leaf.
Example 2: You can see a thin vein on the inside of your wrist.
Example 3: Hold a leaf up to the sun and every vein shows clearly.
Fun Fact
Veins under your skin can look blue, but the blood inside them is dark red. The blue colour comes from the way light passes through skin.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) vien, arteri, muscle, nurve
b) vein, artary, muscle, nerv
c) vein, artery, muscle, nerve
d) vien, artery, muscel, nerve
Show answer
c) vein, artery, muscle, nerve. Each of the other lists has at least two slips, and this one has none.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. vein 2. velvet 3. vegetable
a) 213
b) 312
c) 231
d) 132
Show answer
b) 312. All three begin with ve, so the third letter decides: g comes before i, and i before l.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with vein?
a) mean
b) lane
c) plane
d) brain
Show answer
a) mean. Mean has an ee sound; the other three end with the same sound as the given word.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) vein
b) kidney
c) elbow
d) skelleton
Show answer
d) skelleton. The bony frame of the body has one l; vein, kidney and elbow need no change.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these looks most like the veins of a leaf?
a) the square grid in a maths book
b) the round rings in a tree trunk
c) the branching lines on a river map
d) the straight lines made by a ruler
Show answer
c) the branching lines on a river map
2. Which sentence uses vein correctly?
a) He hung his wet vein on the line to dry.
b) A blue vein showed on the back of Grandpa's hand.
c) A thick vein of rope tied the boat to the jetty.
d) The vein of the door squeaked when she opened it.
Show answer
b) A blue vein showed on the back of Grandpa's hand.
