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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wine /waɪn/USA pronunciation n., v., wined, win•ing. n. - Winethe fermented juice of grapes, or sometimes of other fruits, used esp. as an alcoholic beverage: [uncountable]a glass of wine.[countable]red wines.
Idioms- Idioms wine and dine, [~ + object] to entertain (someone) lavishly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wine (wīn),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., wined, win•ing. n. - Winethe 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.
- Winea particular variety of such fermented grape juice:port and sherry wines.
- Winethe 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.
- [Pharm.]vinum.
- something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
- British Terms
- a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage.
- a party, esp. one held by university students, for drinking wine.
- [Obs.]intoxication due to the drinking of wine.
- Bible new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matt. 9:17.
adj. - dark red in color.
v.t. - to supply with wine:He wined his cellar with rare vintages.
v.i. - to drink wine.
- wine and dine, to entertain lavishly:They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract.
- Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English wīn (cognate with Dutch wijn, German Wein, Old Norse vīn, Gothic wein) Latin vīnum (cognate with Greek oînos) bef. 900
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