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wine
(wīn)n.
1.
a. A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various kinds of grapes, usually containing from 10 to 15 percent alcohol by volume.
b. A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various other fruits or plants.
2. Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.
3. The color of red wine.
v. wined, win·ing, wines
v.tr.
To provide or entertain with wine.
v.intr.
To drink wine.
[Middle English, from Old English wīn, from Latin vīnum.]
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wine
(waɪn)n
1. (Brewing)
a. an alcoholic drink produced by the fermenting of grapes with water and sugar. vinaceousvinous
b. an alcoholic drink produced in this way from other fruits, flowers, etc: elderberry wine.
2. (Colours)
a. a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
b. (as adjective): wine-coloured.
3. anything resembling wine in its intoxicating or invigorating effect
4. (Pharmacology) pharmacol obsolete fermented grape juice containing medicaments
5. (Elements & Compounds) Adam's wine Brit a dialect word for water
6. new wine in old bottles something new added to or imposed upon an old or established order
vb
7. (Brewing) (intr) to drink wine
8. (Cookery) wine and dine to entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food
[Old English wīn, from Latin vīnum; related to Greek oinos, of obscure origin]
ˈwineless adj
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wine
(waɪn)n., adj., v. wined, win•ing. n.
1. the fermented juice of grapes used esp. as a beverage, made in many varieties, as red or white, sweet or dry, and still or sparkling, and containing no more than 14 percent alcohol.
2. the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits, used esp. as a beverage.
3. a dark reddish color.
4. something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine.
adj. 5. dark red in color.
v.t. 6. to supply with wine.
v.i. 7. to drink wine.
Idioms: wine and dine, to entertain lavishly.
[before 900; Middle English (n.), Old English wīn (c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German wīn, Old Norse vīn, Gothic wein) « Latin vīnum (c. Greek oînos)]
wine′less, adj.
win′ish, adj.
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Wine
a mania for wine. Also oenomania, oinomania.
an abnormal fear of liquids, especially water and wine.
the science of making wines. Also called viniculture. — oenologist, enologist, oinologist, n.
a form of divination involving observation of the colors and other features of wine.
a mania for wine. Also enomania.
the love of wine; connoisseurship concerning wines. — oenophile, enophile, oinophile, n.
a dislike of or hatred for wine. — oenophobe, enophobe, oinophobe, n.
a cultivator of grape vines; viticulturist.
Rare. the process of gathering or harvesting grapes.
the cultivation of grapes for winemaking. Also called viticulture. — viniculturist, n. — vinicultural, adj.
1. the science that studies grapes and their culture.
2. the cultivation of grapes and grapevines. Also called viniculture. — viticulturist, n. — viticultural, viticulturist, adj.
2. the cultivation of grapes and grapevines. Also called viniculture. — viticulturist, n. — viticultural, viticulturist, adj.
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wine
Past participle: wined
Gerund: wining
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| Noun | 1. |  wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)grape - any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" vintage - a season's yield of wine from a vineyard red wine - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes white wine - pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation blush wine, pink wine, rose wine, rose - pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began altar wine, sacramental wine - used in a communion service sparkling wine - effervescent wine Burgundy wine, Burgundy - red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere) Bordeaux wine, Bordeaux - any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them California wine - any of various wines produced in California Cotes de Provence - a wine from southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast dessert wine - still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal Dubonnet - (trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif jug wine - inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs plonk - a cheap wine of inferior quality retsina - Greek wine flavored with resin Rhone wine - any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France table wine - wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol usually served with a meal Tokay - Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes vermouth - any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks generic, generic wine - a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape varietal, varietal wine - a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape fortified wine - wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added mulled wine - wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit negus - wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg |
| 2. | wine - a red as dark as red wine dark red - a red color that reflects little light | |
| Verb | 1. | wine - drink wine |
| 2. | wine - treat to wine; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week" |
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wine
nounQuotations
"A sight of the label is worth fifty years' experience" [Michael Broadbent Wine Tasting]
"God made only water, but man made wine" [Victor Hugo Les Contemplations]
"Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babies, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts" [John Stuart Blackie]
"When the wine is in, the wit is out" [Thomas Becon Catechism]
"strong brother in God and last companion, Wine" [Hilaire Belloc Heroic Poem upon Wine]
"Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup... at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder" Bible: Proverbs
"Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts" Bible: Proverbs
"Wine, madame, is God's next best gift to man" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
"A sight of the label is worth fifty years' experience" [Michael Broadbent Wine Tasting]
"God made only water, but man made wine" [Victor Hugo Les Contemplations]
"Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babies, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts" [John Stuart Blackie]
"When the wine is in, the wit is out" [Thomas Becon Catechism]
"strong brother in God and last companion, Wine" [Hilaire Belloc Heroic Poem upon Wine]
"Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup... at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder" Bible: Proverbs
"Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts" Bible: Proverbs
"Wine, madame, is God's next best gift to man" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
Proverbs
"There is truth in wine (in vino veritas)"
see grapes used in making wine"There is truth in wine (in vino veritas)"
Wines
Wines Amarone, Asti Spumante, Bairrada, Bandol, Banyuls, Barbaresco, Barbera d'Albi, Barbera d'Asti, Barolo, Barsac, beaujolais, beaujolais nouveau, Bereich Bernkastel, Bergerac, blanc de blancs, Blanquette de Limoux, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Bourgueil, Brouilly, Brunello di Montalcino, Bucelas, Bull's Blood or Egri Bikaver, Burgundy, Cahors, canary, Carema, Cava, Chablis, Chambertin, Champagne, chardonnay, chianti, Colheita Port, claret, Condrieu, Constantia, Corbières, Coteaux du Tricastin, Côte de Beaune-Villages, Côte Rôtie, Côtes du Rhône, Crémant d'Alsace, Crémant de Loire, Crozes-Hermitage, crusted port, Dão, Entre-Deux-Mers, Faugères, Fitou, Fleurie, Frascati, Fumé Blanc, Gaillac, Gattinara, Gavi, Gevrey-Chambertin, Gigondas, Grange Hermitage, Graves, Hermitage, hock, jerepigo, Jurançon, lachryma Christi, Lambrusco, Liebfraumilch, Lirac, Liqueur Muscat, Liqueur Tokay, Mâcon, Mâcon-Villages, Madeira, Málaga, Margaux, Marsala, Médoc, Meursault, Minervois, Monbazillac, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, montilla, Moscato d'Asti, Moselle, muscadet, Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, muscatel, Niersteiner, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Orvieto, Parrina, Pauillac, Pessac-Léognan, Pinot Grigio, Piesporter, Pomerol, Pommard, port, Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Fumé, Quarts de Chaume, Quincy, retsina, Rhine wine, riesling, Rioja, Roero, Rosé d'Anjou, Rosso Cònero, Rüdesheimer, Rueda, Rully, sack, Saint-Émilion, Saint-Estèphe, Saint-Julien, Saint-Véran, Salice Salentino, Sancerre, Saumur, Sauternes, scuppernong, sherry, straw wine, Tavel, Teroldego Rotaliano, Tokaji, Tokay-Pinot Gris, Valdepeñas, Valpolicella, Verdicchio, Vinho Verde, vin ordinaire, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Vosne-Romanée, Vouvray
Wine-producing areas
| Country | |
|---|---|
| Ahr | Germany |
| Alsace | France |
| Alto Adige or Südtirol | Italy |
| Anjou | France |
| Argentina | - |
| Austria | - |
| Barossa Valley | Australia |
| Baden | Germany |
| Bordeaux | France |
| Bulgaria | - |
| Burgundy | France |
| California | U.S.A. |
| Chablis | France |
| Champagne | France |
| Chianti | Italy |
| Chile | - |
| Clare Valley | Australia |
| Coonawarra | Australia |
| Côte d'Or | France |
| Finger Lakes | U.S.A. |
| Franken | Germany |
| Friuli | Italy |
| Gisborne | New Zealand |
| Goulburn Valley | Australia |
| Hawkes Bay | New Zealand |
| Hessiches Bergstrasse | Germany |
| Greece | - |
| Hungary | - |
| Hunter Valley | Australia |
| Languedoc | France |
| Loire | France |
| Marlborough | New Zealand |
| Margaret River | Australia |
| Martinborough | New Zealand |
| McLaren Vale | Australia |
| Mendocino | U.S.A. |
| Mittelrhein | Germany |
| Moldavia | - |
| Mornington Peninsula | Australia |
| Mosel-Saar-Ruwer | Germany |
| Nahe | Germany |
| Napa Valley | U.S.A. |
| Navarra | Spain |
| New York State | U.S.A. |
| Oregon | U.S.A. |
| Padthaway | Australia |
| Penedès | Spain |
| Piedmont | Italy |
| Portugal | - |
| Provence | France |
| Rheingau | Germany |
| Rheinhessen | Germany |
| Rheinpfalz | Germany |
| Rhône | France |
| Ribera del Duro | Spain |
| Rioja | Spain |
| Romania | - |
| Sicily | Italy |
| Sonoma | U.S.A. |
| South Africa | - |
| Switzerland | - |
| Touraine | France |
| Tuscany | Italy |
| Umbria | Italy |
| Valdepeñas | Spain |
| Veneto | Italy |
| Washington State | U.S.A. |
| Württemberg | Germany |
| Yarra Valley | Australia |
Wine terms abbocatto, AC or appellation contrôlée, amabile, amontillado, AOC or appellation d'origine contrôlée, aszú, Ausbruch, Auslese, Baumé, Beerenauslese, botrytis, botrytized, Brix, brut, cream, crianza, cru bourgeois, cru classé, cuvée, demi-sec, dessert wine, DOC or denominazione di origine controllata, DOCG or denominazione di origine controllata e garantita, dolce, dry, Einzellage, Eiswein, erzeugerabfüllung, estate bottled, flor, fino, fortified wine, garrafeira, grand cru, gran reserva, Grosslage, halbtrocken, Kabinett, late harvest, LBV or Late-Bottled Vintage (Port), malmsey, malolactic fermentation, manzanilla, medium, medium-dry, medium-sweet, méthode champenoise, moelleux, mousseux, noble rot, NV or non-vintage, Oechsle, oloroso, organic, pale cream, passito, pétillant, plonk, pourriture noble, prädikat, premier cru, puttonyos, QbA, Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet, or Qualitätswein, QmP or Qualitätswein mit Prädikat, recioto, récolte, reserva, rosé, riserva, Ruby Port, sec, secco, second wine, Sekt, sin crianza, Sigle Quinta Port, solera, sparkling wine, Spätlese, spumante, sur lie, sweet, table wine, Tafelwein, tannin, Tawny Port, terroir, tinto, trocken, Trockenbeerenauslese or TBA, varietal, VDQS or Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure, vendage tardive, vieilles vignes, vigneron, vignoble, vin de pays, vin de table, vin doux naturel, vin gris, vino da tavola, vintage, Weingut, Weissherbst, Winzergenossenschaft
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Translations
خَمْرنبيذنَبيذ
вино
víno
vin
vino
peediveinpeetveinveinipunane
viiniviinilasillinenviininpunainen
vino
borborozgatiddogáliszogatkvaterkázik
vín
ワイン葡萄酒
포도주
vinum
vynas
vīns
vin
víno
vino
vinvinröd
divai
ไวน์
вино
rượu vangrượu vàng
wine
[waɪn]B. VT to wine and dine sb → agasajar a algn
D. CPD wine bar N → bar m especializado en servir vinos
wine bottle N → botella f de vino
wine cask N → tonel m de vino, barril m de vino
wine cellar N → bodega f
wine grower N → viñador(a) m/f
wine growing N → vinicultura f
see also wine-growing wine list N → lista f or carta f de vinos
wine merchant N (Brit) → vinatero/a m/f
wine press N → prensa f de uvas, lagar m
wine rack N → botellero m
wine taster N → catador(a) m/f de vinos
wine tasting N → cata f de vinos
wine vinegar N → vinagre m de vino
wine waiter N → sumiller m, escanciador m
wine bottle N → botella f de vino
wine cask N → tonel m de vino, barril m de vino
wine cellar N → bodega f
wine grower N → viñador(a) m/f
wine growing N → vinicultura f
see also wine-growing wine list N → lista f or carta f de vinos
wine merchant N (Brit) → vinatero/a m/f
wine press N → prensa f de uvas, lagar m
wine rack N → botellero m
wine taster N → catador(a) m/f de vinos
wine tasting N → cata f de vinos
wine vinegar N → vinagre m de vino
wine waiter N → sumiller m, escanciador m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wine
[ˈwaɪn] modif [bottle, consumption] → de vin; [industry, production, region] → vinicole; [collection] → de vins wine expert
vt
to wine and dine sb → offrir un dîner bien arrosé à qnwine bar n → bar m à vinswine box n → cubitainer® mwine cask n → fût mwine cellar n → cave f à vinswine-coloured [ˈwaɪnkʌlərd] wine-colored (US) adj → lie-de-vin invwine expert n → œnologue mfwine glass n → verre m à vinwine grower n → viticulteur/trice m/fwine growing
to wine and dine sb → offrir un dîner bien arrosé à qnwine bar n → bar m à vinswine box n → cubitainer® mwine cask n → fût mwine cellar n → cave f à vinswine-coloured [ˈwaɪnkʌlərd] wine-colored (US) adj → lie-de-vin invwine expert n → œnologue mfwine glass n → verre m à vinwine grower n → viticulteur/trice m/fwine growing
n → viticulture f
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wine
n → Wein m; cheese and wine party Party, bei der Wein und Käse gereicht wird; to put new wine in old bottles (fig) → jungen Wein in alte Schläuche füllen
vt to wine and dine somebody → jdn zu einem guten Abendessen einladen; the businessmen were wined and dined in every city they visited → die Geschäftsleute wurden in jeder Stadt, die sie besuchten, ausgezeichnet bewirtet; he wined and dined her for months → er hat sie monatelang zum Abendessen ausgeführt
adj (colour) → burgunderrot
wine
:wine bar
n → Weinlokal nt
wine bottle
n → Weinflasche f
wine box
n → Zapfpack m
wine bucket
n → Sektkühler m
wine cask
n → Weinfass nt
wine cellar
n → Weinkeller m
wine cooler
n → Weinkühler m
wineglass
n → Weinglas nt
wine gum
n → Weingummi nt
wine list
n → Weinkarte f
wine-making
n → Weinherstellung f
wine merchant
n → Weinhändler(in) m(f)
winepress
n → Weinpresse f, → Kelter f
wine rack
n → Flaschenregal nt → (für Weinflaschen)
wine
:wine shop
n → Weinhandlung f
wineskin
n → Weinschlauch m
wine taster
n → Weinverkoster(in) or -prüfer(in) m(f)
wine tasting
n → Weinprobe f
wine waiter
n (Brit) → Weinkellner m, → Getränkekellner m
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wine
(wain) noun a type of alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of grapes or other fruit. two bottles of wine; a wide range of inexpensive wines.
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wine
→ خَمْر víno vin Wein κρασί vino viini vin vino vino ワイン 포도주 wijn vin wino vinho вино vin ไวน์ şarap rượu vang 葡萄酒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
wine
n. vino.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I never drink wine
- This stain is wine
- This wine isn't chilled (US)
This wine is not chilled (UK) - The wine list, please
- Can you recommend a good wine?
- Can you recommend a good red wine?
- Can you recommend a good white wine?
- Can you recommed a good rosé wine? (US)
Can you recommend a good rosé wine? (UK) - Is the wine chilled?
- A bottle of the house wine
- A bottle of red wine
- A bottle of white wine
- A carafe of the house wine
- A carafe of red wine
- A carafe of white wine
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wine
n vino; red — vino tinto; white — vino blancoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.