Vine
name, noun ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
- 2 A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media. Internet
"Vine has become a weird tiny art form with its own conventions and trends and a robust community, none of which you will probably be able to keep up with if you aren't already, but at least we can appreciate the occasional Buzzfeed^([sic]) roundup of Vines."
- 3 a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface wordnet
- 4 Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
- 5 A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
"This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine."
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- 6 A climbing plant that produces grapes. UK, especially
"They picked the grapes off the vine."
- 7 Any plant of the genus Vitis.
- 1 A surname.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.
Example
More examples"You don't get eggplants from a gourd vine."
Etymology
From Middle English vīne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.
From the American short-form video hosting service Vine, active from 2012 to 2016, possibly from vine.
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