Definition of VINE

vine

Plural: vines

Noun

  • a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
  • Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
  • Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
  • A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
  • A climbing plant that produces grapes.
  • Any plant of the genus Vitis.

Verb

Verb Forms: vined, vining, vines

  • To grow or spread like a climbing plant or vine.

Examples

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  • They picked the grapes off the vine.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English vīne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

Scrabble Score: 7

vine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

vine: valid Words With Friends Word