vine
pronunciation
How to pronounce vine in British English:
UK [vaɪn]
How to pronounce vine in American English:
US [vaɪn]
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- Noun:
- weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Word Origin
- vine
- vine: see wine
- vine (n.)
- c. 1300, "plant which bears the grapes from which wine is made," from Old French vigne "vine, vinyard" (12c.), from Latin vinea "vine, vineyard," from vinum "wine," from PIE *win-o- "wine," an Italic noun related to words for "wine" in Greek, Armenian, Hittite, and non-Indo-European Georgian and West Semitic (Hebrew yayin, Ethiopian wayn); probably ultimately from a lost Mediterranean language word *w(o)in- "wine." From late 14c. in reference to any plant with a long slender stem that trails or winds around. The European grape vine was imported to California via Mexico by priests in 1564.
Example
- 1. If you are using an artificial vine , simply wind it around the wreath .
- 2. The grapes hang shrivelled from the vine ; the juice sucked out by the beasts .
- 3. Kudzu , a vine that has rampaged across the american south , can grow one inch per hour .
- 4. In no time , you 'll be able to taste the fruits of your labor -- fresh from the vine !
- 5. One subject in my study developed a rash after he was told that a harmless vine was poison ivy .