vine
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
the stem of any such plant.
a grape plant.
Origin of vine
1Other words from vine
- vineless, adjective
- vinelike, adjective
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How to use vine in a sentence
She hymned the delights of Twitter (where she had 2.15 million followers) and Vines.
When Giuseppe arrived in the valley, apple orchards were the cash crop, not vines.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards | Clive Irving | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI sweep aside clusters of leaves, clip vines, and brush away rubbery spiders.
A riot of leaves walls off a bend in the river, a curtain of vines cascades from impossibly tall mango trees.
Suddenly, all at once, the Vineyard Vines couple is right in front of her face.
On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonShe took him to their favorite seat within the vines, and where nothing but the darkness was their company.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux"Very well, then," and she found a seat where they were hidden by vines and the shade of the big house.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe garden at the rear was bright with a profusion of spring flowers and sheltered with ornamental trees and vines.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyYour old homestead is the loveliest place around, with its deep eaves and dormer-windows and vines.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
British Dictionary definitions for vine (1 of 2)
/ (vaɪn) /
any of various plants, esp the grapevine, having long flexible stems that creep along the ground or climb by clinging to a support by means of tendrils, leafstalks, etc
the stem of such a plant
Origin of vine
1Derived forms of vine
- vined, adjective
- vineless, adjective
- vinelike, adjective
- viny, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Vine (2 of 2)
/ (vaɪn) /
Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell
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Other Idioms and Phrases with vine
see clinging vine; wither on the vine.
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