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vine

–noun

1.	any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.

2.	the stem of any such plant.

3.	a grape plant.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF vi(g)ne < L vīnea vine(yard), equiv. to vīn(um) wine + -ea, fem. of -eus -eous

]

—Related forms

vineless, adjective

vinelike, adjective

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n.

1. A weak-stemmed plant that derives its support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
2. The stem of such a plant.
3. A grapevine.
4. Grapevines considered as a group: products of the vine.
1. A grapevine.
2. Grapevines considered as a group: products of the vine.

intr.v. vined, vin·ing, vines
To form or develop like a vine.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vīnea, from feminine of vīneus, of wine, from vīnum, wine.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vine

c.1300, from O.Fr. vigne, from L. vinea "vine, vineyard," from vinum "wine," from PIE *win-o-, from an Italic noun related to words for "wine" in Gk., Armenian, Hittite, and non-I.E. Georgian and West Semitic (cf. Heb. yayin, Ethiopian wayn); probably ult. from a lost Mediterranean language word *w(o)in- "wine." The European grape vine was imported to California via Mexico by priests in 1564.

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vine
noun
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

vine

see clinging vine; wither on the vine.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vine1 [vain] noun

a type of climbing plant which bears grapes

Arabic:	كَرْمَة العِنَب
Chinese (Simplified):	葡萄树
Chinese (Traditional):	葡萄樹
Czech:	vinná réva
Danish:	vinstok
Dutch:	wijnstok
Estonian:	viinapuu
Finnish:	viiniköynnös
French:	vigne
German:	die Rebe
Greek:	κλήμα
Hungarian:	szőlő(tő)
Icelandic:	vínviður
Indonesian:	batang anggur
Italian:	vite

Japanese:	ぶどうの木
Korean:	포도나무
Latvian:	vīnogulājs
Lithuanian:	vynuogė
Norwegian:	vinranke, *-stokk
Polish:	winna latorośl
Portuguese (Brazil):	videira
Portuguese (Portugal):	videira
Romanian:	viţă(-de-vie)
Russian:	виноградная лоза
Slovak:	vínna réva
Slovenian:	trta
Spanish:	vid; parra
Swedish:	vin, vinranka
Turkish:	asma

vine2 [vain] noun

any climbing or trailing plant

Arabic:	أي نَبات مُتَعَرْبِش
Chinese (Simplified):	藤本植物
Chinese (Traditional):	藤本植物
Czech:	popínavá rostlina
Danish:	vinranke
Dutch:	klimplant
Estonian:	vääntaim
Finnish:	köynnöskasvi
French:	plante grimpante
German:	die Kletterpflanze
Greek:	αναρριχητικό φυτό, περικοκλάδα
Hungarian:	kúszónövény
Icelandic:	klifur-, vafnings-, skriðjurt
Indonesian:	tumbuhan merambat
Italian:	(pianta rampicante)

Japanese:	つるのある植物
Korean:	덩굴 식물
Latvian:	vīteņaugs
Lithuanian:	vijoklis
Norwegian:	klatre-, *slyngplante
Polish:	pnącze
Portuguese (Brazil):	trepadeira
Portuguese (Portugal):	trepadeira
Romanian:	plantă căţărătoare
Russian:	вьющееся растение
Slovak:	popínavá rastlina
Slovenian:	plezalka
Spanish:	trepadora
Swedish:	slinger-, kläng-, klätterväxt
Turkish:	tırmanıcı bitki

See also: vineyard

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Vine Grove, KY (city, FIPS 79734) Location: 37.81122 N, 85.97619 W
Population (1990): 3586 (1430 housing units)
Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40175

Vine Hill, CA (CDP, FIPS 82842) Location: 38.01601 N, 122.09150 W
Population (1990): 3214 (1163 housing units)
Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vine

En*vyned"\, a. [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.] Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vine

one of the most important products of Palestine. The first mention of it is in the history of Noah (Gen. 9:20). It is afterwards frequently noticed both in the Old and New Testaments, and in the ruins of terraced vineyards there are evidences that it was extensively cultivated by the Jews. It was cultivated in Palestine before the Israelites took possession of it. The men sent out by Moses brought with them from the Valley of Eshcol a cluster of grapes so large that "they bare it between two upon a staff" (Num. 13: 23). The vineyards of En-gedi (Cant. 1:14), Heshbon, Sibmah, Jazer, Elealeh (Isa. 16:8-10; Jer. 48:32, 34), and Helbon (Ezek. 27:18), as well as of Eshcol, were celebrated. The Church is compared to a vine (Ps. 80:8), and Christ says of himself, "I am the vine" (John 15:1). In one of his parables also (Matt. 21:33) our Lord compares his Church to a vineyard which "a certain householder planted, and hedged round about," etc. Hos. 10:1 is rendered in the Revised Version, "Israel is a luxuriant vine, which putteth forth his fruit," instead of "Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself," of the Authorized Version.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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