wine
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
How often you will meet it
Rank 957 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,212 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- fermented juice (of grapes especially) also: vino
- a red as dark as red wine also: wine-colored, wine-coloured
verb
- drink wine
- treat to wine Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week
wine in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was sipping the wine called Success.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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But his father was beaming at Mullins in a most unusual way and Johnny got no wine.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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No, this face of mine I 'll arm, and fortify with lusty wine, 'Gainst shame and blushing.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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When Love ordained a supper divine For the wide world of man, What bickerings o’er his gracious wine!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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I had soup, fish, meat, and pastry, and, for the first time in my life, a glass of wine.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1