vine
nounattested in dialogue
- //ˈvaɪ̯n//
- /[ˈvaɪ̯n]/
Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
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.
This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.
I could have easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders.
- 4
A climbing plant that produces grapes.
They picked the grapes off the vine.
Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows; But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water blows.
- 5
Any plant of the genus Vitis.
Etymology
From Middle English vyne, 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.
Forms
- plural
- vines
vine · Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
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