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Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruits and plants, or a purplish red color.

(noun)

An example of wine is Cabernet Sauvignon made from fermented grapes.
An example of wine as a color is the color of red wine.

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See wine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the fermented juice of grapes, used as an alcoholic beverage and in cooking, religious ceremonies, etc.: wines vary in color (red, white, rosé, etc.) and sugar content (sweet, dry, etc.), may be effervescent (sparkling) or noneffervescent (still), and are sometimes strengthened with additional alcohol (fortified)
the fermented juice of other fruits or plants, used as an alcoholic beverage: dandelion wine
anything having an intoxicating or exhilarating effect
a dark, purplish red resembling the color of red wines

Origin: ME < OE win, akin to ON vin, Ger & Goth wein < early Gmc borrowing < L vinum, wine: see vine

transitive verb, intransitive verb wined, wining

to provide with or drink wine: usually in the phrase , to entertain lavishly with food, drink, etc.

See wine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various kinds of grapes, usually containing from 10 to 15 percent alcohol by volume.
b. A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various other fruits or plants.
Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.
The color of red wine.

verb wined wined, win·ing, wines

verb, transitive

To provide or entertain with wine.

verb, intransitive

To drink wine.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English wīn

Origin: , from Latin vīnum

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See wine in Ologies

Wine

See also alcohol; beer; fermentation.

enomania

a mania for wine. Also oenomania, oinomania.

hygrophobia

an abnormal fear of liquids, especially water and wine.

oenology, enology

the science of making wines. Also called viniculture. —oenologist, enologist, oinologist, n.

oenomancy, enomancy, oinomancy

a form of divination involving observation of the colors and other features of wine.

oenomania, oinomania

a mania for wine. Also enomania.

oenophily, enophily, oinophily

the love of wine; connoisseurship concerning wines. —oenophile, enophile, oinophile, n.

oenophobia, enophobia, oinophobia

a dislike of or hatred for wine. —oenophobe, enophobe, oinophobe, n.

a cultivator of grape vines; viticulturist.

vindemiation

Rare. the process of gathering or harvesting grapes.

the cultivation of grapes for winemaking. Also called viticulture. —viniculturist, n. —vinicultural, adj.

1. the science that studies grapes and their culture.

2. the cultivation of grapes and grapevines. Also called viniculture. —viticulturist, n. —viticultural, viticulturist, adj.

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