Definition

1. Noun:

   • An alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes: "wine" primarily refers to an alcoholic drink produced through the fermentation of grape juice.
   • A similar fermented beverage made from other fruits or plants: "wine" can also describe alcoholic drinks made by fermenting the juice of other fruits (e.g., elderberry wine) or plants.
   • A dark red color resembling that of red wine: "wine" is used to denote a deep, rich red color.

2. Verb:

   • To drink wine: The act of consuming wine.
   • To entertain someone by offering them wine and food: To treat someone, often lavishly, with wine and a meal.

Examples

• Noun:

  • She prefers red wine with her steak.
  • They make a delicious wine from local blackberries.
  • The walls were painted a deep wine color.

• Verb:

  • They wined and dined their important clients.
  • After the ceremony, the guests wined for several hours.

Advanced Usage

• "Wine and dine" (idiomatic phrase): To entertain someone lavishly with food and drink.

  • The company wined and dined the potential investors.

• "Good wine needs no bush" (proverb): Something of good quality does not need to be advertised. (A reference to the historical practice of hanging ivy, a "bush," as a tavern sign).

  • The restaurant is always full; good wine needs no bush.

Variants and Related Words

• Winemaker (n): A person or company that makes wine.

  • The winemaker explained the fermentation process.

• Winery (n): A place where wine is made.

  • We visited a beautiful winery in the valley.

• Wineglass (n): A glass, typically with a stem, used for drinking wine.

  • She filled the wineglass to the brim.

Synonyms

• Vino (n, informal): A casual term for wine.
• Vintage (n): Can refer to the wine from a particular harvest or year.

Related Phrases

• New wine in old bottles: A new concept, system, or spirit placed within an old, unchanged, and often inadequate structure. (From the biblical parable).

  • Trying to implement modern software on that old computer is like putting new wine in old bottles.

• To be in wine: To be intoxicated from drinking wine.

  • After the feast, he was quite in wine.

Idioms

• Wine, women, and song: A phrase (often used critically) referring to a lifestyle devoted to hedonistic pleasure.

  • He abandoned his responsibilities for a life of wine, women, and song.

• To wine someone: To serve wine to someone or to entertain them with wine.

  • They wined us with their finest vintage.

Noun

1. a red as dark as red wine
2. fermented juice (of grapes especially)

Verb

1. treat to wine
   • Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week
2. drink wine