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vine
[ vahyn ]
noun
- 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.
- the stem of any such plant.
- a grape plant.
vine
1/ ±¹²¹Éª²Ô /
noun
- 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
- the stem of such a plant
Vine
2/ ±¹²¹Éª²Ô /
noun
- Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell
Derived Forms
- ˈ±¹¾±²Ô²â, adjective
- vined, adjective
- ˈ±¹¾±²Ô±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- ˈ±¹¾±²Ô±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±¹¾±²Ô±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ±¹¾±²Ô±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of vine1
Idioms and Phrases
see clinging vine ; wither on the vine .Example Sentences
Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.
Bruce and Gill host the class once a year in the springtime, when their wisteria vines bloom with purple flowers.
California’s wine country struggles with changing tastes, foreign competition and too many grapes on the vine.
As Meghan is shown picking blackberries from rows and rows of bushes she says: "These vines were here actually when we moved in, this is sort of what inspired my jam and preserve making."
Now, thousands of grape vines are being destroyed because there’s no market for their grapes.
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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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