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wine.

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwaɪ̯n/[ˈwaɪ̯n]

  1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

    countable · uncountable
    Wine is usually stronger than beer.
    "Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.

  2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.

    countable · uncountable
    ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...

  3. A serving of wine.

    countable
    I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.

  4. The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wien, West Frisian wyn, Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín.

verb/ˈwaɪ̯n/[ˈwaɪ̯n]

  1. To entertain (someone) with wine.

    transitive

  2. To drink wine.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-West Germanic *wīn Old English wīn Middle English wyn English wine From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wien, West Frisian wyn, Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín.

noun/ˈwaɪ̯n/[ˈwaɪ̯n]

  1. Wind.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind. The same variation of the root wind- → win- is also found in dialectal North Germanic: vind- → vin-. Also compare English whine, Swedish vina.

verb/ˈwaɪ̯n/[ˈwaɪ̯n]

  1. To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).

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