Vine

Definitions

1. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
2. A surname.
3. A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media.
   Internet
4. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
5. An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.
6. A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
7. A climbing plant that produces grapes.
   UK, especially
8. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

Equivalents

Examples

“This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come⟳ swinging by on a vine.”

“I could have⟳ easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders.”

“They picked the grapes off the vine.”

“Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows; But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water blows.”

“Vine has become⟳ a weird tiny art form⟳ with its own⟳ conventions and trends and a robust community, none of which you will probably be able to keep⟳ up with if you aren't already, but at least we can appreciate the occasional Buzzfeed^([sic]) roundup of Vines.”

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