# grape

Pronunciation: say "GRAYP" /ɡɹeɪp/

## Noun

1. An edible fruit produced in bunches by Vitis vines, with a small, round shape and smooth skin that is usually purple, red, or green.
   - Simple: A small, round fruit with smooth skin that grows in bunches on vines.
   - _He plucked a single grape from the bunch._
   - _The vineyard grows grapes for both eating and winemaking._
2. A woody vine of the genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes.
   - Simple: A woody climbing plant that produces grapes.
   - _The old grape had twisted its way up the entire trellis._
   - _Every winter, she prunes the grapes along the back fence._
4. Any of various fruits or plants belonging to other genera that resemble true grapes to varying degrees, some edible and some not.
   - Simple: A fruit or plant that is not a true grape but looks like one.
   - _Despite its name, the Oregon grape is not related to the grapes used for wine._
   - _These coastal grapes belong to a genus entirely unrelated to Vitis._
5. A dark purplish-red color, the shade of many ripe grapes.
   - Simple: A dark reddish-purple color, like that of many grapes.
   - _The designer paired grape with gold for the fall collection._
   - _At dusk the hills faded to a soft grape._
7. Short for grapeshot: small iron balls packed together and fired from a cannon as a single charge, spreading out at close range. — Clipping of grapeshot.
   - Simple: Short for grapeshot: small iron balls fired together from a cannon.
   - _The frigate raked the enemy deck with grape at close range._
   - _A single blast of grape tore through the advancing line._
8. A deliberate respelling of "rape" used to slip past automated content filters while still referring to the crime of sexual assault.
   - Simple: A way of spelling the word "rape" with changed letters to get past online word filters.
   - _Moderators removed the thread after a user described the grape in detail._
   - _She posted about her grape on the app, knowing the real word would get her video flagged._
10. A person's head. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Someone's head.
   - _She banged her grape on the low doorframe._
   - _Use your grape and figure it out._

## Adjective

3. Containing grapes or having the flavor of grapes.
   - Simple: Made with grapes or tasting like grapes.
   - _Grape jam spread easily across the warm toast._
   - _The popsicles came in grape and cherry._
6. Having a dark, purplish-red color.
   - Simple: Having a dark reddish-purple color.
   - _She chose grape velvet for the throw pillows._
   - _Just after sunset, the sky over the hills turned grape and then black._

## Verb

9. A deliberate respelling of the verb "rape", used to evade automated content filters online.
   - Simple: A way of spelling the verb "rape" with changed letters to get past online word filters.
   - _Her post said he tried to grape her, spelled that way so the platform would not remove it._
   - _Commenters claimed the streamer had graped a fan, using the code word to avoid a ban._
11. To grope; to feel about or search with the hands. *(dialectal, Northern UK)*
   - Simple: To feel around with your hands, especially when you cannot see.
12. To feel envy toward someone or what they possess. *(Hong Kong)*
   - Simple: To want what someone else has and feel bitter about not having it.
   - _He tends to grape anyone who earns more than he does._
   - _She graped her cousin's success instead of celebrating it._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To gather or pick grapes from the vine.
- (noun) A flight-deck crew member, identified by a purple shirt, responsible for refueling aircraft.
- (verb) To take on a bumpy texture formed by tiny clusters of contaminating or foreign material, like miniature bunches of grapes.
- (noun) A mangy, tumor-like growth that forms on a horse's leg.
- (verb) Of cattle or other livestock, to break out in tubercles caused by tuberculosis.

## Origin

The word comes from Middle English 'grape', from Old French 'grape' or 'grappe' (a cluster of fruit or flowers, a bunch of grapes). This came from 'graper' ('to pick grapes', literally 'to hook'), which was of Germanic origin, from Frankish '*krappō' ('hook') and ultimately a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to turn, bend, twist'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grape (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).