OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 7759

vain

/veɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vanidoso
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
vacuo • vano
Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
Vain is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
vain toil a vain attempt
📚 noun • entry_id 3986

vein

/veɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vena
A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.
vena
In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
vena
The nervure of an insect’s wing.
filón • vena • veta
A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
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