vine

[ vahyn ]
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noun
  1. 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.

  2. the stem of any such plant.

  1. a grape plant.

Origin of vine

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Old French vi(g)ne<Latin vīnea vine(yard), equivalent to vīn(um) wine + -ea, feminine of -eus-eous

Other words from vine

  • vineless, adjective
  • vinelike, adjective

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How to use vine in a sentence

  • On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • She 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 Micheaux
  • The garden at the rear was bright with a profusion of spring flowers and sheltered with ornamental trees and vines.

  • Your 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)

vine

/ (vaɪn) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. the stem of such a plant

Origin of vine

1
C13: from Old French vine, from Latin vīnea vineyard, from vīneus belonging to wine, from vīnum wine

Derived forms of vine

  • vined, adjective
  • vineless, adjective
  • vinelike, adjective
  • viny, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for Vine (2 of 2)

Vine

/ (vaɪn) /


noun
  1. Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell

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Other Idioms and Phrases with vine

vine

see clinging vine; wither on the vine.

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