vine

CEFRB1

/ˈvaɪ̯n/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A climbing plant with a long thin stem.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.

Examples

  • ‘Vine fruit’ is the generic term for currants and raisins.

  • You don't get eggplants from a gourd vine.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.

  2. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

  3. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

More examples

In context

  • This vine winds around trees.

  • They picked the grapes off the vine.

  • I could have easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.