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vine

[ vahyn ]

noun

  1. any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
  2. the stem of any such plant.
  3. a grape plant.


vine

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. any of various plants, esp the grapevine, having long flexible stems that creep along the ground or climb by clinging to a support by means of tendrils, leafstalks, etc
  2. the stem of such a plant
“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

Vine

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲ, adjective
  • vined, adjective
  • ˈԱˌ, adjective
  • ˈԱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • Աl adjective
  • Աl adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vine1

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French vi ( g ) ne < Latin īԱ vine(yard), equivalent to ī ( um ) wine + -ea, feminine of -eus -eous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vine1

C13: from Old French vine, from Latin īԱ vineyard, from īeus belonging to wine, from īum wine
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Idioms and Phrases

see clinging vine ; wither on the vine .
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Example Sentences

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We have passion fruit vines everywhere, and elderberry.

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The fence beside the pool is completely covered by a vigorous and very fertile passion fruit vine, which plays a big role in their frequent outdoor gatherings.

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Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.

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Bruce and Gill host the class once a year in the springtime, when their wisteria vines bloom with purple flowers.

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California’s wine country struggles with changing tastes, foreign competition and too many grapes on the vine.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from 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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