wine

[ wahyn ]

/ waɪn /

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.

Idioms for wine

new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matt. 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

before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English wīn (cognate with Dutch wijn, German Wein, Old Norse vīn, Gothic wein) ≪ Latin vīnum (cognate with Greek oînos)

OTHER WORDS FROM wine

wine·less, adjective win·ish, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wine

wine whine

Words nearby wine

windward passage, windway, windy, windy city, windz, wine, wine and dine, wine bar, wine box, wine cellar, wine cooler

British Dictionary definitions for wine and dine

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

Idioms and Phrases with wine and dine

wine and dine

Entertain someone or treat someone to a fine meal, as in The company likes to wine and dine visiting scientists. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

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wine

noun

adjective

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

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

Idioms for wine

Origin of wine

OTHER WORDS FROM wine

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wine

Words nearby wine

British Dictionary definitions for wine and dine

noun

verb

Derived forms of wine

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Idioms and Phrases with wine and dine

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wine

noun

adjective

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

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

Idioms for wine

Origin of wine

OTHER WORDS FROM wine

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wine

Words nearby wine

Words related to wine and dine

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