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vine Definition

vine (vīn)

noun

    1. any plant with a long, thin stem that grows along the ground or climbs a wall or other support by means of tendrils, etc.
    2. the stem of such a plant
  2. grapevine (sense )

Etymology: ME < OFr vine < L vinea, vine < vineus, pertaining to wine < vinum, wine, akin to Gr oinē, vine, oinos, wine, prob. a loanword from a pre-IE language of the Pontus region (> Heb yayin)

vine Synonyms

vine

n.

creeper, climbing plant, creeping plant, trailing plant, stem climber, leaf climber, tendril climber; see also plant.

Vines and creeping plants include: grapevine, honeysuckle, trumpet vine, runner vine, clematis, wisteria, bittersweet, English ivy, Virginia creeper, poison ivy, blackberry, raspberry, briar, rambler, teaberry, dewberry, morning-glory, woodbine, hopvine, bougainvillea, jasmine, pea vine, watermelon, canteloupe, cucumber, wild cucumber, squash, gourd, pumpkin, passion flower.

vine Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • prune: To avoid ' bleeding ' , do not prune the vine later than December.
  • tend: Inland the farmers start preparing the land, tending the vines and planting the grain.
  • creep: If your boundaries are made of high fences they can be easily broken up with flower beds or creeping vines.
  • cultivate: The Romans were the first to cultivate the vine in Britain.
  • climb: I especially like the small Xmas lights hidden in plants and interwoven throughout a trellis with climbing vines.

Adjective modifier

  • woody: Lianas Lianas are climbing woody vines that festoon rainforest trees.
  • almond: A Two bedroom Casita in a magnificent old estate in the middle of fourteen acres of almond, olive, vine and orange terraces.
  • flowering: The shell of the Great Hall still stands, now covered with flowering vines.
  • year-old: Produced from 50 year-old vines it offers real complexity.
  • vigorous: Produces an abundant yield of tasty cucumbers on vigorous vines.
  • olive: A Two bedroom Casita in a magnificent old estate in the middle of fourteen acres of almond, olive, vine and orange terraces.

Modifies a noun

  • weevil: Damage to plant roots by vine weevil larvae shows by the plants starting to wilt.
  • larva: Damage to plant roots by vine weevil larvae shows by the plants starting to wilt.
  • grub: The nematode enters the bodies of vine weevil grubs, infecting them with a fatal bacterial disease from its gut.
  • tangle: David heard one and soon we were watching it in a vine tangle.
  • tomato: If using vine cherry tomatoes as garnish these can be baked alongside the mushrooms.
  • leaf: Band of carved vine leaf cornice from the medieval rood screen set along the sill of the window.

Noun used with modifier

  • grape: There are also a number of old vineyard stock grape vines.
  • squaw: Start with Solomon's seal root and squaw vine herb.
  • trellis: There are fruit trees, very nice flower garden and trellis vines.
vine Quotes

For love is of the valley, come thou down And find him; by the happy threshold, he, Or hand in hand with Plenty in the maize, Or red with spirited purple of the vats, Or foxlike in the vine; nor cares to walk With Death and Morning on the silver horns.

—Tennyson

But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return! Thee shepherd, thee the woods, and desert caves, With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, And all their echoes mourn.

—Milton,John

What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.

—Marvell, Andrew

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

—Bible (Old Testament)