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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
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
obsoletepharmacol fermented grape juice containing medicaments
a dialect word for water
something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order
verb
(intr) to drink wine
to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food
Other 51Թ Forms
- wineless adjective
- winish adjective
- ˈɾԱ 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
Recent studies in the EU have found TFA to be widespread, including in wine and food, human blood and breast milk.
The American president is no “ordinary adversary” who can be wined, dined and reasoned with, he said, but someone who “stands far outside the bounds of diplomacy and the rule of law between civilized nations.”
And officers said they observed a container of wine in the passenger seat.
The air is warm, the wine is sweating through its glass, and the scent of ripe, fragrant tomatoes clings to your fingertips.
“We did create a little secret room, which has been through different iterations. Last season, it was a wine cellar you access through the bookcase.”
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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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