noun / verb
wine
WYNE/waɪn/
An alcoholic drink made by fermenting grapes or other fruit.
A glass of red wine sits beside ripe grapes and a bottle.
Etymology
Latin vinum names the drink itself and also underlies vine, the name of the grape-bearing plant. The two English words thus preserve a historical connection between drink and plant.
In context
man's hairs she burned some hairs pulled from a leather bottle made out of a goat skin that hung in a Tavern during the night the leather bottle full of wine capered through the town up to the witch's door
More examples
- We serve white wine with dinner.
- The farm makes wines from plums and cherries.
- The company wines and dines visiting clients.
Forms
wine · wines · wined · wining
winery noun — A place where wine is made.
winemaker noun — A person who produces wine.