wine

[ wahyn ]

/ waɪn /

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noun

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.

a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port and sherry wines.

the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine.

a dark reddish color, as of red wines.

Pharmacology. vinum.

something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.

British.

a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
a party, especially one held by university students, for drinking wine.

Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine.

adjective

dark red in color.

verb (used with object), wined, win·ing.

to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages.

verb (used without object), wined, win·ing.

to drink wine.

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Idioms about wine

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

wine and dine, to entertain lavishly: They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract.

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 )

OTHER WORDS FROM wine

wineless, adjectivewinish, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wine

wine , whine

Words nearby wine

Windward Islands, Windward Passage, windway, windy, Windy City, wine, wine and dine, wine bar, wineberry, winebibber, wine box

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How to use wine in a sentence

My partner and I decided to grab a drink and a bite at a local wine bar, assuming we could order at the sidewalk window and then take the food to one of the high-tops set up in the street.
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This tray has a slot for your phone, a reinforced book prop that folds down when not in use, wine glass holder, and double hooks to hang a washcloth, loofah, or razor.
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In Boston, for example, they’ll get early check-in and late checkout, breakfast included, a bottle of wine, and a $50 credit toward other purchases.
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We’ll miss celebrating with you and hope that we can cheers over a good glass of wine together sometime in the future.
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For example, The Fat Jewish built the wine brand Babe Rose and sold that to Anheuser-Busch for last June.
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I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
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The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?
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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
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“Enjoying the bubbles is as important as enjoying the wine,” Goldston says.
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The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.
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HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
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And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
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“Let us have some of your best wine to-day, waiter,” said old Wardle, rubbing his hands.
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He smoked two cigars; then he went inside and drank another glass of wine.
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Aristide called on Madame Coquereau, who entertained him with sweet Frontignan wine, dry sponge cakes and conversation.
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British Dictionary definitions for wine

wine

/ (waɪn) /

noun

an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugarRelated adjectives: vinaceous, vinous
an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etcelderberry wine

a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
(as adjective)wine-coloured

anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect

pharmacol obsolete fermented grape juice containing medicaments

Adam's wine British a dialect word for water

new wine in old bottles something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order

verb

(intr) to drink wine

wine and dine to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food

Derived forms of wine

wineless, adjective

Word Origin for wine

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

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Idioms about wine

Origin of wine

OTHER WORDS FROM wine

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wine

Words nearby wine

Words related to wine

How to use wine in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for wine

Derived forms of wine

Word Origin for wine