veining

SayVAYN-ing/ˈveɪnɪŋ/

2 meanings of veining

1
noununcountable
A pattern of thin lines that look like veins across a surface.
Like the thin lines you can see on the back of your hand.
The marble countertop had thin gray veining running through it.
She loved the soft veining on the underside of the leaf.
Similarmarbling, streaking, striation, venation
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2
verb
Present participle of vein. Use this form for the action happening right now.
The painter is veining the vase with thin blue lines.
He spent the morning veining the cake icing with streaks of red.
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veining is a form of vein

vein, verb: To mark something with lines that look like veins. Full entry

Forms: veinveins he/she/itveining -ing formveined past tense, past participle
Spelling: vein → veining: add -ing

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