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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British.
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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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( as adjective )
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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Another wrote that the object bore no labels indicating that it's a wine bottle.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
There was an open bar with beer and wine, chicken wings, and burgers for the crowd of over 100.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
It would be a little neighborhood bistro, the sort of place where the wine comes in mismatched stemless glasses thrifted from estate sales.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Marty Chubb, the co-owner of L’Ecole No. 41 winery in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley, noted that certain qualities of the wine have made it especially popular with young people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Celia looks at the wine hovering without its glass.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
At Cabrio, a 5th-district newcomer specializing in small plates and natural wines, head chef Tamás Albrecht pickles in-house, opting for a fruitier vinegar than Hungarians traditionally prefer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Bigelow said her father built an impressive collection of wines over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Canada is the biggest international consumer of California wines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
"People would always say that Zakarpattia is a land of white wines," said Gennadiy Vachylia, Chizay's 32-year-old director of viticulture.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He wanted the finest roast beef possible; he wanted the wines to be superb.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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
The president wined and dined multinational chief executives, creating an annual gathering at Versailles called “Choose France.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
They wined, dined and adored him into a godhead of the arts.
From The Mind Digger by Winston K. Marks
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
The casinos and tracks kept just under $90 million in sports betting revenue after wining bets and other expenses were paid.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
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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