English Explanatory Dictionary

vine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
  2. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
  3. A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
  4. A climbing plant that produces grapes.
  5. Any plant of the genus Vitis.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.
noun
  1. A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media.

Pronunciation

vīn /vaɪn/ en-us-vine.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Vine.wav

Word forms

vine vines

Etymology

From Middle English vīne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

Synonyms

climber grapevine winetree

Related words

provine vigneron vignette vignoble vinatorian vinea vineal vineatic viner vinet viny wine wine#Related terms kudzu liana scrambler twiner Vine boom

Derived words

Alamo vine Alleghany vine Allegheny vine American Vine apricot vine arbor vine balloon vine bamboo vine Barbados gooseberry vine bean vine bell vine birdvine bitter vine black-eyed Susan vine black vine weevil blaspheme-vine blaspheme vine blue vine bower vine buckwheat vine Burdekin vine cacoon vine calabar-bean vine calabash vine canarybird vine canary vine cantaloupe vine cardinal vine caustic vine chalice vine chameleon vine Chinese matrimony vine Chinese trumpet vine chocolate vine cinnamon vine climbing hemp vine clinging vine clockvine clock vine common grape vine common matrimony vine coral vine corkscrew vine cow itch vine crab's-eye vine cross vine crossvine cubeb vine cucumber vine cup-and-saucer vine cypress vine dead on the vine deer vine devil's vine die on the vine dodder vine dwell under one's vine and fig-tree Easter lily vine elephant's-vine emerald vine

Translations

Amharic: ሐረግ Armenian: որթատունկ Basque: igokari Central Bikol: balagon Bulgarian: виещо се растение Catalan: planta enfiladissa Chichewa: mpesa Esperanto: grimpoplanto Finnish: köynnöskasvi Finnish: köynnös French: grimpante Georgian: ვაზი German: Kletterpflanze German: Ranke German: Schlingpflanze Hawaiian: lāʻau hihi Hindi: लता Hindi: बेल Irish: féithleog Italian: rampicante Japanese: 蔓 Khmer: លតា Khmer: វល្លិ Latin: vitis Lithuanian: vijoklis Malayalam: വള്ളിച്ചെടി Malayalam: ആരോഹി Māori: aka Mongolian: усан үзмийн мод Persian: بالارونده Polish: pnącze Portuguese: cipó Serbo-Croatian: loza Slovene: trta Spanish: trepadora Spanish: enredadera Spanish: bejuco Spanish: liana Spanish: boqui Spanish: coguilera Swedish: ranka Swedish: klätterväxt Swedish: slingerväxt Telugu: లత Telugu: తీగ Thai: เถา Thai: ไม้เถา Thai: เถาวัลย์ Tocharian B: laitke Turkish: sarmaşık Ukrainian: лоза Vietnamese: dây leo Yoruba: àjàrà
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