wine

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   treat to wine

   Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week

2. 2
   noun

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

   Wine is usually stronger than beer.

3. 3
   noun

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

   ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...

4. 4
   noun

   A serving of wine.

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

5. 5
   verb

   To entertain (someone) with wine.

   Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;

6. 6
   verb

   To drink wine.

   I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.

7. 7
   noun

   Wind.

   Vor voices rawze upon tha wine

8. 8
   verb

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

   Carolina come wine 'pon me / Oh watch how di gyal groove

Etymology

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.