n.
- A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various kinds of grapes, usually containing from 10 to 15 percent alcohol by volume.
- A beverage made of the fermented juice of any of various other fruits or plants.
- Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.
- The color of red wine.
v., wined, win·ing, wines. v.tr.
To provide or entertain with wine.
v.intr.
To drink wine.
[Middle English, from Old English wīn, from Latin vīnum.]
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