wine
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.
a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port and sherry wines.
the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine.
a dark reddish color, as of red wines.
Pharmacology. vinum.
something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
British.
a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
a party, especially one held by university students, for drinking wine.
Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine.
dark red in color.
to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages.
to drink wine.
Idioms about wine
new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matthew 9:17.
wine and dine, to entertain lavishly: They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract.
Origin of wine
1Other words from wine
- wineless, adjective
- winish, adjective
Words that may be confused with wine
- wine , whine
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How to use wine in a sentence
Smelling spices toasting over a fire you’ve made and watching the steam start to gather above a pot full of wine and autumn fruit — well, the world isn’t offering too many good things right now, but this feels like one.
This cocktail can keep you warm around the fire pit — and you can make it there, too | M. Carrie Allan | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThis would be an excellent wine to ease your way into a Thanksgiving dinner over an assortment of appetizers.
Food-friendly wines to pair with your Thanksgiving dishes | Dave McIntyre | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostMade in the beaujolais method, the wine is young, fresh and raw, obviously untouched by oak and just a pure expression of good young fruit.
We deserve ‘nouveau’ wine in 2020 — a vintage meant to be fun and drunk right away | Dave McIntyre | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostTom Holland and Daisy Ridley star in Chaos Walking, a film adaptation of the award-wining trilogy by Patrick Ness.
Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland are hunted on distant planet in Chaos Walking trailer | Jennifer Ouellette | November 19, 2020 | Ars TechnicaIt was mostly the kind of thing I’d say when sipping wine with my girlfriends on a girls night out, when the conversation turned to our kids.
Distance learning was a disaster. So I decided to teach my daughter myself. | Tracey Lewis-Giggetts | November 19, 2020 | Washington Post
After Barclays, the delegates were wined and dined throughout the city.
DINO Hunters Are Dreaming Hipster Dreams of the DNC in Brooklyn | David Freedlander | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWere you showered with gifts, wined and dined by your beloved?
Everyone in the secular press has their favorite, and they are easily wined and dined as much as the clergy.
Indeed it was, for guests of all sorts and conditions were dined and wined to their hearts' content.
Hero Stories from American History | Albert F. BlaisdellAnd we have been feted and wined and dined as only mortals may be, who have fallen among long-time and well-tried friends.
In to the Yukon | William Seymour Edwards"We can always retreat to Silver Cloud when tired of being interviewed, wined, and dined," interposed Will.
Doctor Jones' Picnic | S. E. ChapmanOne paper hinted that men had been known to sign papers when they had dined and wined too well.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickAs he made his way North, he was wined and dined and given popular ovations that turned his head.
History of the United States | Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
British Dictionary definitions for wine
/ (waɪn) /
an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar: Related adjectives: vinaceous, vinous
an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc: elderberry wine
a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
(as adjective): wine-coloured
anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
pharmacol obsolete fermented grape juice containing medicaments
Adam's wine British a dialect word for water
new wine in old bottles something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order
(intr) to drink wine
wine and dine to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food
Origin of wine
1Derived forms of wine
- wineless, adjective
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