# wine

Pronunciation: say "WYN" /waɪn/

## Noun

1. An alcoholic drink made by fermenting grape juice, or a glass or kind of it.
   - Simple: An alcoholic drink made from grapes, or a glass or type of it.
   - _We opened a bottle of wine to celebrate._
   - _She prefers red wine with dinner._
2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting substances other than grapes, producing a similar alcohol content.
   - Simple: A drink with alcohol, made by fermenting fruit, honey, rice, or other things that are not grapes.
   - _The farmhouse was famous for its homemade dandelion wine._
   - _Many cultures ferment rice into a clear, potent wine._
3. A deep reddish-purple color, like that of red wine.
   - Simple: A dark red-purple color, like red wine.
   - _She wore a wine dress to the gala._
   - _The walls were painted a rich wine._

## Verb

4. To entertain a person by providing them with wine, often as part of hospitality.
   - Simple: To give someone wine to make them feel welcome or special.
   - _Sales reps spent the week wining and dining a potential client in hopes of landing the contract._
   - _Universities often wine and dine visiting scholars in the days before a major conference._
6. To dance by rhythmically rotating the hips, especially to Caribbean music such as dancehall or soca.
   - Simple: To dance by moving your hips around in circles, especially to Caribbean music.
   - _Crowds wine and sway whenever the sound system starts playing soca._
   - _She wined to the dancehall beat all night._

## Verb

5. To drink wine. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To have wine as a drink.

## Other meanings

- (noun) Air in natural motion across the land or sea; wind.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5** — From Middle English "wyn", from Old English "wīn", going back to Proto-Germanic "*wīną" (either directly or by way of Latin "vīnum") and ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root for "wine". It is a doublet of "vine" and "vino".
**Meaning 6** — From Jamaican Creole, related to the verb "wind".

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