Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various kinds of grapes, usually containing from 10 to 15 percent alcohol by volume.
- noun A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various other fruits or plants.
- noun Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.
- noun The color of red wine.
- intransitive verb To provide or entertain with wine.
- intransitive verb To drink wine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fill, supply, or entertain with wine.
- To drink wine.
- The fermented juice of the grape or fruit of the vine, Vitis. See
Vitis . - The juice, fermented or unfermented, of certain fruits or plants, prepared in imitation of wine obtained from grapes: as, gooseberry wine; raspberry wine.
- Figuratively, intoxication produced by the use of wine.
- A wine-drinking; a meal or feast of which wine is an important feature; specifically, a wine-party at one of the English universities.
- In pharmacy, a solution of a medicinal substance in wine: as, wine of coca; wine of colchicum.
- Same as
wine-glass : a trade-term. - Especially— In the British islands, during the eighteenth century and until about 1850, almost exclusively Madeira and sherry.
- More recently in the British islands, and generally in the United States, the much lighter-colored wines of France, as Chablis and Sauterne, and the wines of Germany.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.
- noun A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine
- noun The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
- noun See under
Birch ,Cape , etc. - noun See under
Spirit . - noun [Obs.] to be so drunk as to be foolish.
- noun (Chem.), [Colloq.] See Tartaric acid, under
Tartaric . - noun (Bot.) a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.
- noun a wine skin.
- noun a kind of sweet biscuit served with wine.
- noun a cask for holding wine, or which holds, or has held, wine.
- noun a cellar adapted or used for storing wine.
- noun a vessel of porous earthenware used to cool wine by the evaporation of water; also, a stand for wine bottles, containing ice.
- noun (Zoöl.) small two-winged fly of the genus Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors.
- noun one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
- noun the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure.
- noun a merchant who deals in wines.
- noun (Pharm.) a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also
Sydenham's laudanum . - noun a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice.
- noun a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine.
- noun a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st
Tartar , 1. - noun A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop.
- noun vinegar made from wine.
- noun whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nonstandard, UK
wind - noun An alcoholic
beverage made by fermenting juice ofgrapes . - noun 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".
- noun countable A serving of wine.
- noun uncountable A dark purplish red
colour ; the colour ofred wine . - verb transitive To
entertain with wine. - verb intransitive To
drink wine.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“_And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine_” ...
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851
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A ready re-agent for detecting the presence of lead, or any other deleterious metal in wine, is known by the name of the _wine test_.
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy Friedrich Christian Accum 1803
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The preparation of an astringent extract, to produce, from spoiled home-made and foreign wines, a "genuine old Port," by mere admixture; or to impart to a weak wine a rough austere taste, a fine colour, and a peculiar flavour; forms one branch of the business of particular wine-coopers: while the mellowing and restoring of spoiled white wines, is the sole occupation of men who are called _refiners of wine_.
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy Friedrich Christian Accum 1803
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Christ, and the wine the absent blood of Christ, but on account of their sacramental union, _that the bread and wine_ ARE _truly the body and blood of Christ_. "
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Almost as popular is the phrase "wine on tap," used by makers of wine in kegs.
Paper or Plastic? Wine by the Box, Keg and Can Lettie Teague 2011
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The most notable feature of the last decade in wine is – for my palate – the catastrophic slide of far too many wines into a Parkerista swamp of overripe fruit, low acid, high alcohol and enough oak to start a saw mill.
Wine trends of the Naughties – reflections through the wine glass | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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And if you think speculation in wine is a new thing, think again.
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Add the wine, bring to a medium boil, and cook, stirring, until the wine is almost all absorbed.
Recipes: Home-Cured Flat Pancetta & Edamame and Mushroom Risotto with Pancetta Laurie Constantino 2009
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Any man who takes his wife to live in France and then makes her wine is a winner and a keeper!!
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Add the wine, bring to a medium boil, and cook, stirring, until the wine is almost all absorbed.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
frangarnes commented on the word wine
Popular in Spain:
calimocho = red wine + coke
tinto de verano = red wine + soda
sangría = red wine + fruit (usually peach) + brandy + sugar (or honey)
Do you know another one?
October 22, 2007
seanahan commented on the word wine
I've never heard of mixing wine with any kind of soda, including coke. Sangria is a well known drink in America.
October 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word wine
frangarnes: check mulled wine.
October 22, 2007
sionnach commented on the word wine
Perhaps kir (royale), which is (sparkling) wine + crème de cassis.
Then there are those brunch-associated concoctions - mimosas, Bellinis, and the like.
October 22, 2007
yarb commented on the word wine
Black velvet - champagne and stout - was something my ex in-laws would drink on Sunday mornings.
October 22, 2007
john commented on the word wine
"O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil! "
Othello
December 30, 2007
brobbins commented on the word wine
secret, the world below
July 24, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word wine
"In the mid-19th century, the phylloxera louse destroyed much of the Vitis vinifera grape crop in France. Missouri’s state entomologist, Charles Riley, found that American rootstocks were resistant to the pest. He directed sending millions of rootstocks to France, to which their grape varieties could be grafted. This saved the French wine industry. The city of Montpellier erected a statue in Riley's honor, because of the significance of his work."
--From Wikipedia's Missouri wine page
February 3, 2011