vein vs vain
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 .
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.
The gods are dispassionate, jealous, vainly superior, and sometimes unfair and bitter.
Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard.
