vine

[ vahyn ]

/ vaɪn /

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noun

any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.

the stem of any such plant.

a grape plant.

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Origin of vine

1250–1300; Middle English <Old French vi(g)ne<Latin vīnea vine(yard), equivalent to vīn(um) wine + -ea, feminine of -eus-eous

OTHER WORDS FROM vine

vineless, adjectivevinelike, adjective

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How to use vine in a sentence

She hymned the delights of Twitter (where she had 2.15 million followers) and Vines.
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When Giuseppe arrived in the valley, apple orchards were the cash crop, not vines.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I sweep aside clusters of leaves, clip vines, and brush away rubbery spiders.
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A riot of leaves walls off a bend in the river, a curtain of vines cascades from impossibly tall mango trees.
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Suddenly, all at once, the Vineyard Vines couple is right in front of her face.
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On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
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She took him to their favorite seat within the vines, and where nothing but the darkness was their company.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
"Very well, then," and she found a seat where they were hidden by vines and the shade of the big house.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The garden at the rear was bright with a profusion of spring flowers and sheltered with ornamental trees and vines.
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Your old homestead is the loveliest place around, with its deep eaves and dormer-windows and vines.
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British Dictionary definitions for vine (1 of 2)

vine

/ (vaɪn) /

noun

any of various plants, esp the grapevine, having long flexible stems that creep along the ground or climb by clinging to a support by means of tendrils, leafstalks, etc

the stem of such a plant

Derived forms of vine

vined, adjectivevineless, adjectivevinelike, adjectiveviny, adjective

Word Origin for vine

C13: from Old French vine, from Latin vīnea vineyard, from vīneus belonging to wine, from vīnum wine

British Dictionary definitions for vine (2 of 2)

Vine

/ (vaɪn) /

noun

Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell

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vine

see clinging vine; wither on the vine.

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Origin of vine

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