Meaning of wine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Wind.
   British, dialectal, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%)
4. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
   countable, uncountable
5. A free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, dated
6. Acronym of Windows Emulator.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, dated
7. third-person singular preterite indicative of venir
8. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
   countable, uncountable
9. Acronym of Wine is not an emulator.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
10. A serving of wine.
    countable
11. The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Wine is usually stronger than beer.”

“"Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.”

“And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine! Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose That yellow Cheek of her's to'incarnadine.”

“In Europe then [1925] we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary, and I would not have thought of eating a meal without drinking either wine or cider or beer.”

“Admirers of Israel’s kosher and nonkosher wines need the 2007 edition of “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines” (Toby Press, $19.95).”

“The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.”

“...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...”

“I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.”

“Vor voices rawze upon tha wine”

“Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens / When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine.”

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