vein of humour
1vein — [veın] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stomach, ↑vein, ↑ …
2humour — n. something funny 1) bitter, caustic; black; deadpan, dry, straight; earthy; gallows; infectious; irrepressible; slapstick; sly, wry; subtle humour 2) a sense of humour 3) a dash, trace, vein of humour mood 4) (a) bad; good humour (she s in good …
3vein — noun 1 (C) one of the tubes through which blood flows to your heart from other parts of your body compare artery (1) 2 (C) 3 a) one of the thin lines on a leaf or on the wing of an insect b) one of the thin lines on a piece of wood, cheese,… …
4vein — [[t]ve͟ɪn[/t]] veins 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your veins are the thin tubes in your body through which your blood flows towards your heart. → See also varicose vein Many veins are found just under the skin. 2) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp, usu adj N… …
5vein */*/ — UK [veɪn] / US noun Word forms vein : singular vein plural veins 1) a) [countable] medical one of the tubes in your body that carry blood to your heart. A tube that carries blood away from your heart is an artery. b) [countable] biology one of… …
6vein — n. & v. n. 1 a any of the tubes by which blood is conveyed to the heart (cf. ARTERY). b (in general use) any blood vessel (has royal blood in his veins). 2 a nervure of an insect s wing. 3 a slender bundle of tissue forming a rib in the framework …
7vein — noun 1) veins of quartz Syn: layer, seam, lode, stratum, deposit 2) he closes his article in a humorous vein Syn: mood, humour, attitude, tone, spirit, character …
8black humour — Humour marked by the use of morbid, ironic, or grotesquely comic episodes that ridicule human folly. The term came into common use in the 1960s to describe the work of novelists such as Joseph Heller, whose Catch 22 (1961) is an outstanding… …
9Aqueous humour — The aqueous humor is a thick watery substance that is between the lens and the cornea.LocationsThe anterior segment is the front third of the eye that includes the structures in front of the vitreous humor: the cornea, iris, ciliary body, and… …
10aqueous humour — ▪ physiology optically clear, slightly alkaline liquid that occupies the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye (eye, human) (the space in front of the iris and lens and the ringlike space encircling the lens). The aqueous humour… …