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wine

verb

  1. ply with wine, often occurring as part of the fixed expression wine and dine in a coordinated syntagmatic relationship
L17053 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. alcoholic drink made from grapes
  2. color
L4710 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯n/ / [ˈwaɪ̯n]

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun wine. * As a German surname, Americanized from Wein.

  1. A surname.
  2. A free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.
  3. A free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.

noun

Etymology: A variant of wind with simplification of the final consonant cluster; for the vowel quality, compare find, mind, rind.

  1. Wind.

    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.

verb

Etymology: From Jamaican Creole [Term?], related to wind (verb).

  1. To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine.

    Carolina come wine 'pon me / Oh watch how di gyal groove

    Even when there are positive comments, as in the responses to “white boy wines to dancehall,” the origin of the white boy's ability to dance is attributed to skills derived from others: […].