OXFORDS’ ENGLISH LEXICON DEFINITION OF THE MIRACLE OF WINE

WINE Pronunciation: /wʌɪn/

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1 An alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice:he opened a bottle of red wine[COUNT NOUN]: the regional foods and wines of France

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1.1[WITH MODIFIER] An alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of specified other fruits or plants:a glass of elderflower wine

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1.2short for wine red.[IN COMBINATION]: a wine-coloured suit

 

VERB

[WITH OBJECT] (wine and dine someone)

1Entertain someone by offering them drinks and a meal:members of Congress have been lavishly wined and dined by lobbyists for years

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1.1[NO OBJECT] Enjoy oneself by eating and drinking lavishly:we wined and dined with Bernard’s friends

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Phrases

1

good wine needs no bush

proverb There’s no need to advertise or boast about something of good quality as people will always discover its merits.

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2

wine, women, and song

The hedonistic life of drinking, sexual pleasure, and carefree entertainment proverbiallyrequired by men.

Origin

Old English wīn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijn, German Wein, based on Latinvinum.

 

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Words that rhyme with wine

align, assign, benign, brine, chine, cline, combine, condign, confine, consign, dine, divine, dyne, enshrine, entwine, fine, frontline, hardline, interline, intertwine, kine, Klein, line, Main, malign, mine, moline, nine, on-line, opine, outshine, pine, Rhein, Rhine, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, spline, stein, Strine, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, Tyne, underline, undermine, vine, whine