grape

[ greyp ]
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noun
  1. the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.

  2. any vine bearing this fruit.

  1. a dull, dark, purplish-red color.

  2. grapes, (used with a singular verb)Veterinary Pathology.

    • tuberculosis occurring in cattle, characterized by the internal formation of grapelike clusters, especially in the lungs.

    • tuberculosis occurring in horses, characterized by grapelike clusters on the fetlocks.

  3. the grape, wine.

Origin of grape

1
1200–50; Middle English <Old French, variant of crape cluster of fruit or flowers, originally hook (for pruning vines) <Germanic; compare German Krapf hook and grapple, grapnel

Other words from grape

  • grapelike, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for grape

grape

/ (ɡreɪp) /


noun
  1. the fruit of the grapevine, which has a purple or green skin and sweet flesh: eaten raw, dried to make raisins, currants, or sultanas, or used for making wine

  2. any of various plants that bear grapelike fruit, such as the Oregon grape

  1. the grape an informal term for wine

Origin of grape

1
C13: from Old French grape bunch of grapes, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German krāpfo; related to cramp ², grapple

Derived forms of grape

  • grapeless, adjective
  • grapelike, adjective

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Other Idioms and Phrases with grape

grape

see sour grapes.

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