WINE (AM)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A red as dark as red wine
(2)   Fermented juice (of grapes especially)

verb


(3)   Treat to wine
"Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week"
(4)   Drink wine
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Etymology 1


From < < < . Akin to .

Related words include Dutch , German , Finnish , Swedish , French , Spanish , Greek , Slovak and Czech , Polish , Russian , Georgian , Armenian .

Noun



  1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.
  2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".
  3. A serving of wine
  4. A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.
  5. A compatibility layer that allows programs made for Microsoft Windows® to run under UNIX and Linux.

Verb



  1. To entertain with wine.
    • 1919, Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:
      Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;
  2. To drink wine.

Related terms





  • vinic
  • viniculture
  • vinifera, vinifera grape
  • viniferous
  • vinification
  • vinificator
  • vinify
  • vinipote
  • vinitor
  • vinitorian
  • vino
  • vino-
  • vinolence, vinolency
  • vinolent
  • vinologist
  • vinology



See also







Quotations

  • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
    Vor voices rawze upon tha wine
  • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens
When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine.
 
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