noun, adjective, verb, wined, win⋅ing.| 1. | the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less. |
| 2. | a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port and sherry wines. |
| 3. | the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine. |
| 4. | a dark reddish color, as of red wines. |
| 5. | Pharmacology. vinum. |
| 6. | something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine. |
| 7. | British.
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| 8. | Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine. |
| 9. | dark red in color. |
| 10. | to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages. |
| 11. | to drink wine. |
| 12. | new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matt. 9:17. |
| 13. | wine and dine, to entertain lavishly: They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract. |

wine and dine
Entertain someone or treat someone to a fine meal, as in The company likes to wine and dine visiting scientists. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]