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Wine
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- 1 A surname.
- 2 Alternative form of Wine. alt-of, alternative
- 3 A free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.; Acronym of Windows Emulator. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, dated
- 4 A free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.; Acronym of Wine is not an emulator. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 1 An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. countable, uncountable
"Wine is usually stronger than beer."
- 2 Wind. British, dialectal, uncountable
"Vor voices rawze upon tha wine"
- 3 a red as dark as red wine wordnet
- 4 An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV. countable, uncountable
"...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine..."
- 5 fermented juice (of grapes especially) wordnet
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- 6 A serving of wine. countable
"I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same."
- 7 The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple. uncountable
- 1 To entertain (someone) with wine. transitive
"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;"
- 2 To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine. intransitive
"Carolina come wine 'pon me / Oh watch how di gyal groove"
- 3 treat to wine wordnet
- 4 To drink wine. intransitive
"I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing."
- 5 drink wine wordnet
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.
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.
A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind.
From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).
* As an English surname, from the noun wine. * As a German surname, Americanized from Wein.
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