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wine
[ wahyn ]
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)
- to supply with wine:
He wined his cellar with rare vintages.
verb (used without object)
- to drink wine.
wine
/ ɲɪ /
noun
- an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar vinaceousvinous
- an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc
elderberry wine
- a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- ( as adjective )
wine-coloured
- anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
- obsolete.pharmacol fermented grape juice containing medicaments
- Adam's winea dialect word for water
- new wine in old bottlessomething new added to or imposed upon an old or established order
verb
- intr to drink wine
- wine and dineto entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food
Derived Forms
- ˈɾԱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɾԱl adjective
- ɾi adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wine1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wine1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
Example Sentences
France is one of the biggest foreign suppliers of wine to the US, and its winemaking industry has expressed anxiety about what the 20% EU tariffs will mean for their business.
For France it's wine, champagne and the aeronautical industry, for Germany it's cars, and for Italy it's luxury goods.
The French wine and spirits sector in particular is likely to be hit.
The commission has promised to protect European businesses, including Germany's car industry, Italy's luxury goods and France's wine and champagne producers.
But the Commission has promised to protect EU businesses, some of which will be more hard hit than others - like Germany's car industry, Italy's luxury goods and France's wine and champagne producers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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