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grape.

A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɹeɪp/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹæɪp/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡɹep/Scotland
  1. A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.

    countable
    Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
  2. Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

    countable · uncountable
    wild grape covering the back slope
  3. Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera, not necessarily edible.

    countable
    sea grape; tail grape
  4. A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.

    countable · uncountable
    For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
  5. Clipping of grapeshot.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · uncountable
    men mowed down by grape
  6. A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.

    countable · uncountable
  7. A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.

    US · countable · slang · uncountable
  8. A person's head.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

adj/ɡɹeɪp/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹæɪp/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡɹep/Scotland
  1. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.

  2. Of a dark purplish red colour.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

verb/ɡɹeɪp/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹæɪp/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡɹep/Scotland
  1. To pick grapes.

  2. Of livestock, to develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.

  3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.

  4. To grope.

    Northern-UK
  5. To envy (from sour grapes).

    Hong-Kong
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

noun/ɡɹeɪp/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹæɪp/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡɹep/Scotland
  1. Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

    Internet · countable · euphemistic · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From rape, influenced by grape.

verb/ɡɹeɪp/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɡɹæɪp/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡɹep/Scotland
  1. Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

    Internet · euphemistic
Where this word comes from

From rape, influenced by grape.

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