vine

[vahyn]

noun

1. any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.

2. the stem of any such plant.

3. a grape plant.

vine

¹

/ vaɪn /

noun

1. any of various plants, esp the grapevine, having long flexible stems that creep along the ground or climb by clinging to a support by means of tendrils, leafstalks, etc

2. the stem of such a plant

Vine

²

/ vaɪn /

noun

1. Barbara. See (Ruth) Rendell

Other Word Forms

• viny adjective
• vined adjective
• vinelike adjective
• vineless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vine¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French vi ( g ) ne < Latin vīnea vine(yard), equivalent to vīn ( um ) wine + -ea, feminine of -eus -eous

Word History and Origins

Origin of vine¹

C13: from Old French vine, from Latin vīnea vineyard, from vīneus belonging to wine, from vīnum wine

Idioms and Phrases

see clinging vine; wither on the vine.

Example Sentences

Both from a farming background, they have 8,000 vines suitable for northern climates and are expecting a "bumper crop" after the hot, dry summer.

From BBC

The rows of melons stretch to the horizon, vines twisted low in cracked soil.

From Los Angeles Times

Will everybody tear the flowering wisteria vines off their houses?

From Los Angeles Times

ICE has raided farms, detaining workers or scaring them into not going to work, which has left farms with crops unpicked and rotting on the vine.

From Salon

Some had run out of water as temperatures soared to 113 degrees, eating grapes off the vine in an attempt to stay hydrated.

From Los Angeles Times