Wine Definition

wīn

wined, wines, wining

noun

wines

The fermented juice of grapes, used as an alcoholic beverage and in cooking, religious ceremonies, etc.: wines vary in color (red, white, rosé, etc.) and sugar content (sweet, dry, etc.), may be effervescent (sparkling) or noneffervescent (still), and are sometimes strengthened with additional alcohol (fortified)

Webster's New World

The fermented juice of other fruits or plants, used as an alcoholic beverage.

Dandelion wine.

Webster's New World

Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.

American Heritage

Anything having an intoxicating or exhilarating effect.

Webster's New World

A dark, purplish red resembling the color of red wines.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
riquewihr
ribero
reuilly
pouilly-fumé
pouilly fuissé
pommard
pomerol
pallini
nackenheimer
sherry
sercial
sauterne
riserva
retsina
consumo

verb

wined, wines, wining

To provide with or drink wine.

Webster's New World

To drink wine.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Wine

Noun

Singular:

wine

Plural:

wines

Origin of Wine

From Middle English win, from Old English wÄ«n, from Proto-Germanic *wÄ«nÄ… (compare Dutch wijn, German Wein, Icelandic vín), from Latin vÄ«num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóih₁nom (compare Hittite wiyan [Cuneiform?], Armenian Õ£Õ«Õ¶Õ« (gini), Albanian verÃ«, Ancient Greek οἶνος (oinos), neuter of *wih₁ḗn 'grapevine' (compare Ancient Greek wiḗn), from *weih- 'to plait, wattle' (compare Norwegian vegg (“wall"), Latin vieō (“to bind, interweave"), Serbo-Croatian vȉjem (“I twist, wind"), Sanskrit [script?] (vájati, “he weaves").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English wīn from Latin vīnum

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition