wine
Americannoun
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wines
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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.
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a particular variety of such fermented grape juice.
port and sherry wines.
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the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc..
gooseberry wine; currant wine.
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a dark reddish color, as of red wines.
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Pharmacology. vinum.
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something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
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a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
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a party, especially one held by university students, for drinking wine.
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Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine.
adjective
verb (used with object)
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idioms
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new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matthew 9:17.
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wine and dine, to entertain lavishly.
They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract.
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an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar
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an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc
elderberry wine
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a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
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wine-coloured
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anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
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obsolete pharmacol fermented grape juice containing medicaments
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a dialect word for water
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something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order
verb
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(intr) to drink wine
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to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food
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Etymology
Origin of wine
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 )
Vocabulary lists containing wine
Example Sentences
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U.S. dollar sales of nonalcoholic beer, spirits and wine grew more than 14% in the 52 weeks ended July 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Standing in a circle in the grove, they shared bread and wine and welcomed the changing of the season and the landscape "because within druidry we have that strong sense of interconnectedness with everything".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Researchers from Japan’s Tohoku University published a granular investigation of California viticulture in a changing climate and found a redrawn map of prime wine regions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Many provinces in the country banned US alcohol sales last year in response to previous tariffs, with the American wine and spirits industry saying exports to the country dropped more than 70%.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The wine poured out onto the wooden table.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
She is also leaning in to different types of white wines that are popular with younger Chinese drinkers, and is making alcoholic drinks from traditional Chinese fruit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The aim is to preserve the unique identity of cheeses, wines and other foodstuffs, supposedly linked to their particular terroir - a French concept that links locality and tradition.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“It has been the most significant disruption to U.S. wines since the Prohibition,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Arrange a private tasting at Quinta Brejinho da Costa, a family-run winery near Melides known for its small-production wines and personalized visits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
She had hunted out the seed shops to taste their lichees, various as wines, and bought a sack that was taller than a child to bedazzle the nieces and nephews.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Everyone knows that his cultivated image of a wealthy playboy who wined and dined beautiful women like he was some kind of matinee idol is another one of his lies.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
Stern: So Leo first says, basically: “You’d have to be an absolute moron to think that getting wined and dined by billionaires would change any justice’s vote.”
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2023
He travelled to China twice to be "wined and dined" before being asked for technical information on military aircraft by a company which was actually a front for Chinese intelligence officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022
Buyers from stores all over the country would flock there to see the new collections twice a year, doing a showroom crawl by day and being wined, dined and treated to Broadway shows by night.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
In this, their time of need they knew that those men who had feted, dined and wined at their expense would prove faithful to them and traitors to the orders they represented.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns
To keep top users happy, AI companies are treating them like VIPs, responding swiftly to their complaints on social media, or even wining and dining them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
The stock had been on a roll in 2026, as the 1.3% decline on Monday snapped a seven-session wining streak to close Friday at a record high.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
Up next is a clash on Monday in Detroit, where the Lions will be aiming to bounce back from a loss to Kansas City that snapped their four-game wining streak.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
All of this reinforces the culture of wining and dining in.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Two loaves of bread and what was left of Eddie’s wining jug was all the supply.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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