vane vs vain vs vein
Definitions
noun
- a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
Examples
Murray begins his survey at 800 B.C., arguing that innovation before then had been more species-wide than individual and had tended largely to evanesce rather than become established, other than in China.
This piece serves as a substantial conjurer of what we might term the castrati-c imagination through its vivid representation of the materiality of sound as music, and one that locates this sound visually in a manner that does not oppose it to its evanescence, its temporality.
His right hand held a leash attached to a small white Havanese dog.
Definitions
adjective
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- unproductive of success
Examples
But try telling that to the little old lady who has waited in vain a couple of years for a vital eye operation.
Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard.
Marshals struggled in vain to prevent spectators rushing onto the racetrack.
Definitions
verb
- make a veinlike pattern
noun
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- a distinctive style or manner
- any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- a layer of ore between layers of rock
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
Examples
My body absorbed that ability as well; my veins are internally hardened against acids.
I could perceive no trace of a metallic vein, so thoroughly had it been worked out, but scattered over the hillside with schist, talcose slate, and fragments of quartz, was a great deal of scoriae, showing that metal of some kind had been excavated, and that the smelting had been done on the spot.
VARIOUS LEATHER PICTURE, It's a high classic decoration , made by hand, use nature color and veins of leather to make design, it shows obvious stereoscopy like relief sculpture but softly .
