grape

GRAYP/ɡɹeɪp/

17 meanings of grape

1
fruitnouncountable
A small, round fruit with smooth skin that grows in bunches on vines.
Like a tiny ball of juice wrapped in a thin skin.
She popped a grape into her mouth.
We bought a bag of green grapes at the market.
UsageSay a bunch of grapes.
2
vinenouncountable or uncountable
A woody climbing plant that produces grapes.
Wild grapes climbed all over the old wooden fence.
We planted a young grape beside the barn last spring.
UsageFor the plant, grapevine is clearer.
Similarvine
3
food and drinkadjective
Made with grapes or tasting like grapes.
He poured himself a glass of grape juice.
The candy had a strong grape flavor.
UsageUse grape, not grapes, before a noun: grape juice, grape jelly.
4
similar fruitnouncountable
A fruit or plant that is not a true grape but looks like one.
Sea grape grows along sandy beaches in Florida.
Oregon grape is a shrub with sour blue berries.
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Less common meanings

5
nouncountable or uncountable
A dark reddish-purple color, like that of many grapes.
She painted the bedroom walls a deep grape.
The new phone comes in grape and silver.
Similarplum, purple, aubergine
6
adjective
Having a dark reddish-purple color.
Her grape nail polish matched her earrings.
The evening sky turned grape just before dark.
Similarplum, purple
7
cannon shotnoununcountableabbreviationclipping
Short for grapeshot: small iron balls fired together from a cannon.
The gunners loaded grape before the enemy closed in.
Soldiers feared grape far more than musket fire.
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8
sex crimenouneuphemisticcountable or uncountable
A way of spelling the word "rape" with changed letters to get past online word filters.
She shared her grape story online, where the real word gets blocked.
The video talked about grape in a way the app's filter would allow.
UsageIn normal writing, use the word rape.
Similarrape
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9
force sex onverbeuphemistictransitive
A way of spelling the verb "rape" with changed letters to get past online word filters.
She wrote online that he tried to grape her, so the app would not delete it.
The user said she was graped, spelling it that way to get past the filter.
UsageIn normal writing, use the word rape.
Similarrape
10
headnounslangcountable or uncountable
Someone's head.
Wear a helmet to protect your grape.
The ball bounced right off his grape.
Similarhead, nut, noggin, dome, loaf
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11
feel aroundverbdialectalNorthern UKintransitive
To feel around with your hands, especially when you cannot see.
Aw graped my way out i' the dark, An' down the stairs aw scrafflel'd
1836, William Stephenson Jr, Punch and Toby
Lang, lang I sought and graped for my pack, Till night and hunger forced me to come back.
1780, Alexander Wilson, A Pedlar's Story
Similargrope, fumble, feel
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12
envyverbHong Kongtransitive
To want what someone else has and feel bitter about not having it.
Like saying a toy is no good just because you can't have it.
Don't grape your friends for having nice things.
She started to grape the kids with newer bikes.
UsageElsewhere, say envy.
Similarenvy, begrudge, resent
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13
verbrare
To pick grapes from a vine.
I used to go graping and blackberrying and blueberrying.
1973, Nancy Safford, Time's Island; Portraits of the Vineyard
14
nounslangUS
A crew member in a purple shirt who puts fuel into aircraft on a Navy ship.
15
verbrare
To slowly get a bumpy surface made of tiny clusters of dirt or other matter.
Some small graped pisolitic textures are primary but not important.
1991, Desheng Li, Tectonic types of oil and gas basins in China
16
nounarchaic
A rough, crusty lump that grows on a horse's leg.
17
verb
Of farm animals, to grow small lumps because of the disease tuberculosis.
The lungs were in a bad condition, hard in places, and lumpy and badly graped.
1891, Public Health - Volume 4

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Origin

It comes from Old French 'grape', meaning a bunch or cluster of grapes. This came from a word meaning 'to hook', which had Germanic roots.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

English grape derives from Old French grape, meaning a bunch of grapes. fr.wiktionary.org
The ancestry includes a verb meaning to hook and is Germanic. en.wiktionary.org