stripe vs vein

stripe

noun
  • Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. 

  • A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background. 

  • The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. 

  • A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment. 

  • A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy. 

  • The start/finish line. 

  • A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions. 

  • A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick. 

  • Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots. 

  • A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. 

verb
  • To lash with a whip or strap. 

  • To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write. 

  • To mark with stripes. 

vein

noun
  • A style, tendency, or quality. 

  • A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. 

  • In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. 

  • The entrails of a shrimp. 

  • A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. 

  • The nervure of an insect’s wing. 

  • A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc. 

  • A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. 

  • A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks. 

verb
  • To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern. 

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