grape

[ greyp ]

/ greɪp /

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noun

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

any vine bearing this fruit.

a dull, dark, purplish-red color.

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.

grapeshot.

the grape, wine.

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Words related to grape

wine, origin, generation, collection, epoch, era, harvest, year

Words nearby grape

granulosis, granulosis rubra nasi, granum, granville, granville-barker, grape, grape family, grape fern, grape hyacinth, grape ivy, grape phylloxera

Origin of grape

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

OTHER WORDS FROM grape

grape·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for grapes (1 of 2)

grapes

/ (ɡreɪps) /

noun

(functioning as singular) vet science archaic an abnormal growth, resembling a bunch of grapes, on the fetlock of a horse

British Dictionary definitions for grapes (2 of 2)

grape

/ (ɡreɪp) /

noun

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

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

See grapevine (def. 1)

the grape an informal term for wine

See grapeshot

Derived forms of grape

grapeless, adjectivegrapelike, adjective

Word Origin for grape

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

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Idioms and Phrases with grapes

grape

see sour grapes.