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单词 grape
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grape

[ greyp ]
/ greɪp /

noun

the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
any vine bearing this fruit.
a dull, dark, purplish-red color.
grapes, (used with a singular verb)Veterinary Pathology.
  1. tuberculosis occurring in cattle, characterized by the internal formation of grapelike clusters, especially in the lungs.
  2. tuberculosis occurring in horses, characterized by grapelike clusters on the fetlocks.
grapeshot.
the grape, wine.

Origin of grape

1200–50; Middle English <Old French, variant of crape cluster of fruit or flowers, originally hook (for pruning vines) <Germanic; compare German Krapf hook and grapple, grapnel

OTHER WORDS FROM grape

grapelike, adjective

Words nearby grape

granulosis, granulosis rubra nasi, granum, Granville, Granville-Barker, grape, grape family, grape fern, grapefruit, grapefruit league, grape hyacinth
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British Dictionary definitions for grape

grape
/ (ɡreɪp) /

noun

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
any of various plants that bear grapelike fruit, such as the Oregon grape
See grapevine (def. 1)
the grape an informal term for wine
See grapeshot

Derived forms of grape

grapeless, adjectivegrapelike, adjective

Word Origin for grape

C13: from Old French grape bunch of grapes, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German krāpfo; related to cramp ², grapple
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with grape

grape

see sour grapes.

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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