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noun tube carrying blood in the body ADJ. blue A blue vein throbbed in his forehead. | broken, thread, varicose She uses make-up to hide the thread veins in her cheeks. | jugular VERB + VEIN course/run along/through, flow through, pump through, race through, rush through He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins. VEIN + VERB bulge, pulse, stand out, throb The veins stood out on her throat and temples. particular style/quality ADJ. rich VERB + VEIN hit, strike The team have hit a rich vein of form recently. | tap (into) PREP. ~ of The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play. PHRASES in a different vein, in a lighter/more serious vein Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein. | in the same vein/in a similar vein
Oxford Collocations Dictionary