n.
1.a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
2.a distinctive style or manner
3.any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
4.a layer of ore between layers of rock
5.one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect vein v.
1.make a veinlike pattern
Idiom of the Day
hither and thither
in one direction and then in another, here and there
The man looked hither and thither when he discovered that he had lost his wallet.