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. 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
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.