Grapes are small green or dark purple fruit which grow in bunches. Grapes can be eaten raw, used for making wine, or dried.
2.
See sour grapes
grape in British English
(ɡreɪp)
noun
1.
the fruit of the grapevine, which has a purple or green skin and sweet flesh: eaten raw, dried to make raisins, currants, or sultanas, or used for making wine
2.
any of various plants that bear grapelike fruit, such as the Oregon grape
3. grapevine (sense 1)
4. the grape
5. grapeshot
Derived forms
grapeless (ˈgrapeless)
adjective
grapelike (ˈgrapeˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French grape bunch of grapes, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German krāpfo; related to cramp2, grapple
grape in American English
(greɪp)
noun
1.
any of various small, round, smooth-skinned, juicy berries, generally purple, red, or green, growing in clusters on woody vines: grapes are eaten raw, used to make wine, or dried to make raisins
2.
any of various vines (genus Vitis) of the grape family that bear grapes, including fox grape and muscadine; grapevine
3.
a dark purplish red
4.
grapeshot
adjective
5.
designating a family (Vitaceae, order Rhamnales) of dicotyledonous, tendril-bearing, climbing, woody vines, including the Virginia creeper
Word origin
ME grap, replacing earlier winberie (see wine & berry) < OFr grape, bunch of grapes < graper, to gather with a hook < Frank *krappo (OHG chrapfo), a hook: for IE base see cradle
grape in Hospitality
(greɪp)
Word forms: (regular plural) grapes
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, fruit)
Grapes are small green or purple fruit which grow in bunches. Grapes can be eaten raw, usedfor making wine, or dried.
COLLOCATIONS: bunch of ~s
Put a bunch of grapes in the bowl.
He took two apples and a bunch of grapes from the fruit tray.
Solid and stamped, and she's got all of it, right down to the grape scissors!
Katherine Mosb THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES (2002)
In other languages
grape
British English: grape /ɡreɪp/ NOUN
Grapes are small green or purple fruit that grow in bunches.
...a bunch of grapes.
American English: grape
Arabic: عِنَب
Brazilian Portuguese: uva
Chinese: 葡萄
Croatian: grožđe
Czech: hroznové víno
Danish: drue
Dutch: druif
European Spanish: uva
Finnish: viinirypäle
French: raisin
German: Weintraube
Greek: σταφύλι
Italian: uva
Japanese: ブドウ
Korean: 포도
Norwegian: drue
Polish: winogrono
European Portuguese: uva
Romanian: strugure
Russian: виноград
Latin American Spanish: uva
Swedish: druva
Thai: องุ่น
Turkish: üzüm
Ukrainian: виноград
Vietnamese: quả nho
All related terms of 'grape'
fox grape
a common wild grape , Vitis labrusca of the northern US, having purplish-black fruit and woolly leaves: the source of many cultivated grapes, including the catawba
grape ivy
an evergreen climbing vine ( Cissus incisa ) of the grape family, common as a houseplant
the grape
→ an informal term for wine 1
grape fern
any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, esp B. lunaria, which has crescent-shaped leaflets
grape jelly
a preserve made from sugar and grapes
grape juice
juice from grapes
grape sugar
→ glucose
bullace grape
the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
Concord grape
a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
grape harvest
the time when grapes are picked
grape picker
someone who picks grapes
grape variety
a type of grape
Oregon grape
an evergreen berberidaceous shrub , Mahonia aquifolium, of NW North America, having yellow fragrant flowers and small blue edible berries
grape hyacinth
any of various Eurasian liliaceous plants of the genus Muscari, esp M. botryoides, with clusters of rounded blue flowers resembling tiny grapes
concord
Concord is a state of peaceful agreement.
dextrose
Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.
lunary
any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, esp B. lunaria, which has crescent-shaped leaflets
moonwort
any of various ferns of the genus Botrychium, esp B. lunaria, which has crescent-shaped leaflets