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)
verb (used without object)
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
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Canada's regional leaders said the United States has been particularly irritated by one retaliatory measure: the removal of US alcohol and wine from liquor stores.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ottawa has reportedly offered concessions such as pressuring provinces to put US alcohol and wine back on their shelves, Canadian media said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Freshly excavated caverns 100m underground sit next to stores that have been used for sparkling wine, apples and cheese in recent years.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Upon introducing myself, Hipólito Raposo sat me down and ordered me tomato carpaccio, fish soup and a glass of house wine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even now, the memory of Azaan’s face makes me nauseous, a stain on my conscience like spilled palm wine on linen.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
The winery was shipping an average of 10% of the production of several wines to Ontario, and its founders were eager to pitch new products to Canadian buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Now, somewhere in Canada, 100 cases of Crosby Roamann wines are sitting in storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Looking to the future, David Llewellyn said he hopes the industry continues to grow in a sensible way, rather than people producing "a whole load of substandard wines".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Consumers have lately favored premium wines, which sell in lower volumes, McMillan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“They’ll have Italian wines at a hotel this size.”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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
"Miyamoto and Hamano sometimes wined and dined together, and they appeared happy in each other's company," said the Asahi Shimbun, quoting acquaintances.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023
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
They were turned over to Deputy Sheriff T. B. Longworth and guarded in the home of Don Juan Patron, where they were wined and dined.
From History of 'Billy the Kid' by Chas. A. Siringo
The Nasdaq Composite closed down 0.3%, snapping the index’s longest wining streak since 1992.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
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
It means Ryding began and ended 2023 with a World Cup podium finish after wining silver at Kitzbuehel in January.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 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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