wine
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
- Vino (n, informal): A casual term for wine.
- Vintage (n): Can refer to the wine from a particular harvest or year.
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.
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.
- a red as dark as red wine
- fermented juice (of grapes especially)
- treat to wine
- Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week
- drink wine