wine

[ wahyn ]

noun

1. the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
2. a particular variety of such fermented grape juice:

   port and sherry wines.

3. the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.:

   gooseberry wine; currant wine.

4. a dark reddish color, as of red wines.
5. Pharmacology. vinum.
6. something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
7. British.
   1. a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
   2. a party, especially one held by university students, for drinking wine.
8. Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine.

adjective

1. dark red in color.

verb (used with object)

, wined, win·ing.

1. to supply with wine:

   He wined his cellar with rare vintages.

verb (used without object)

, wined, win·ing.

1. to drink wine.

wine

/ waɪn /

noun

1. 1. an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar vinaceousvinous
   2. an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc

      elderberry wine

2. 1. a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
   2. ( as adjective )

      wine-coloured

3. anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
4. obsolete.
   pharmacol fermented grape juice containing medicaments
5. See water
   Adam's wine
   Adam's wine a dialect word for water
6. new wine in old bottles
   new wine in old bottles something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order

verb

1. intr to drink wine
2. wine and dine
   wine and dine to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food

Derived Forms

• ˈwineless, adjective

Other Words From

• wineless adjective
• winish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wine¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English wīn (cognate with Dutch wijn, German Wein, Old Norse vīn, Gothic wein ), ultimately derived from Latin vīnum (cognate with Greek oînos )

Word History and Origins

Origin of wine¹

Old English wīn, from Latin vīnum; related to Greek oinos, of obscure origin

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matthew 9:17.
2. wine and dine, to entertain lavishly:

   They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract.

Example Sentences

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.

From The Daily Beast

The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?

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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.

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“Enjoying the bubbles is as important as enjoying the wine,” Goldston says.

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The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.

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HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.

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And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!

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“Let us have some of your best wine to-day, waiter,” said old Wardle, rubbing his hands.

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He smoked two cigars; then he went inside and drank another glass of wine.

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Aristide called on Madame Coquereau, who entertained him with sweet Frontignan wine, dry sponge cakes and conversation.

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