wine

¹wine

noun, often attributive \ˈwīn\

Definition of WINE

1

a : the alcoholic fermented juice of fresh grapes used as a beverage b : wine or a substitute used in Christian communion services

2

: the alcoholic usually fermented juice of a plant product (as a fruit) used as a beverage <blackberry wine>

3

: something that invigorates or intoxicates

4

: a dark red

Examples of WINE

1. apple, blueberry, and other fruit wines

Origin of WINE

Middle English win, from Old English wīn; akin to Old High German wīn wine; both ultimately from Latin vinum wine, perhaps of non-IE origin; akin to the source of Greek oinos wine

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with WINE

bine, brine, chine, cline, dine, dyne, fine, Jain, line, Main, mine, nine, pine, Quine, Rhine, rind, shine, shrine, sign, spine, spline, stein, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, vine, whine