blood vessel
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vein (geology)
5 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | vein | |
| meaning 1 | blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | suoni | |
| meaning 1 | blood vessel | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vein-like deposit of ore; often used in compound terms with a modifier specifying the kind of metal to be found | kuparisuoni a vein of copper ore |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | ér | |
| meaning 1 | blood vessel | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vein (geology) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992 https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Lexikonok-a-magyar-nyelv-ertelmezo-szotara-1BE8B/e-e-2529E/er-2-28242/ |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | жила | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) blood vessel | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vein (geology) | |
| reference | BAS | |
| comment | ||