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wine

[ wahyn ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a particular variety of such fermented grape juice:

    port and sherry wines.

  3. the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.:

    gooseberry wine; currant wine.

  4. a dark reddish color, as of red wines.
  5. Pharmacology. vinum.
  6. something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
  7. British.
    1. a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
    2. a party, especially one held by university students, for drinking wine.
  8. Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine.


adjective

  1. dark red in color.

verb (used with object)

, wined, win·ing.
  1. to supply with wine:

    He wined his cellar with rare vintages.

verb (used without object)

, wined, win·ing.
  1. to drink wine.

wine

/ waɪn /

noun

    1. an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar vinaceousvinous
    2. an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc

      elderberry wine

    1. a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
    2. ( as adjective )

      wine-coloured

  1. anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
  2. obsolete.
    pharmacol fermented grape juice containing medicaments
  3. Adam's wine
    a dialect word for water
  4. new wine in old bottles
    something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to drink wine
  2. wine and dine
    to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈwineless, adjective
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Other Words From

  • wineless adjective
  • winish adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wine1

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 )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wine1

Old English wīn, from Latin vīnum; related to Greek oinos, of obscure origin
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matthew 9:17.
  2. 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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Example Sentences

But this salt mine-slash-sanctuary boasts walls hung with fine art and a dinner table set for wine and Champagne.

Expect 10 pop-up food marketplaces offering small bites, cocktails and an emphasis on California beer and wine.

After he toured their end-times facility, kitted out with a wine cellar and a swimming pool, his mind was reeling.

The state law exempts some goods, such as infant formula, eggs, beer and wine, from requiring state labels.

He sold K$h-branded wine, clothing and playing cards among other things.

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