wine

[ wahyn ]

noun

1. 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.
2. a particular variety of such fermented grape juice:

   port and sherry wines.

3. the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.:

   gooseberry wine; currant wine.

4. a dark reddish color, as of red wines.
5. Pharmacology. vinum.
6. something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
7. British.
   1. a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
   2. a party, especially one held by university students, for drinking wine.
8. Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine.

adjective

1. dark red in color.

verb (used with object)

, wined, win·ing.

1. to supply with wine:

   He wined his cellar with rare vintages.

verb (used without object)

, wined, win·ing.

1. to drink wine.

wine

/ waɪn /

noun

1. 1. an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar vinaceousvinous
   2. an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc

      elderberry wine

2. 1. a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
   2. ( as adjective )

      wine-coloured

3. anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
4. obsolete.
   pharmacol fermented grape juice containing medicaments
5. Adam's wine
   a dialect word for water
6. new wine in old bottles
   something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order

verb

1. intr to drink wine
2. wine and dine
   to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food

Derived Forms

• ˈwineless, adjective

Other Words From

• wineless adjective
• winish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wine¹

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of wine¹

Old English wīn, from Latin vīnum; related to Greek oinos, of obscure origin

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matthew 9:17.
2. wine and dine, to entertain lavishly:

   They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract.

Example Sentences

The actor told the publication his addiction began with wine, specifically with a wine cellar he had built into his home where he "learned to drink my best."

From Salon

“Every time Chad loses his shirt, have a sip of wine, beer or eat a cookie,” he laughs over Zoom, as one hand brushes his golden strands behind his ear.

From Los Angeles Times

Finally, after Coppola sold part of his wine business to finance his passion project, “Megalopolis” was reborn.

From Los Angeles Times

The alleged underage victim was even called "vintage 99" in text messages, as if she was a wine that one consumes, not a person.

From Salon

She said the British arresting officers at the time "pretty much" ignored her and she remembered one of the officers commenting: "Now this is done, we can go for a glass of wine, can't we?"

From BBC

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