manner vs vein

manner

noun
  • Sort; kind; style. 

  • Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing 

  • The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist. 

  • good, polite behaviour 

  • One's customary method of acting; habit. 

  • A certain degree or measure. 

  • Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind. 

  • Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything 

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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