Wine Definition–noun | 1. | the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less
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. | | 2. | a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port and sherry wines. | | 3. | the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine. | | 4. | a dark reddish color, as of red wines. | | 6. | something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine. | | 7. | British. | a. | a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage. | | b. | a party, esp. one held by university students, for drinking wine. | | | 8. | Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine. | –adjective –verb (used with object) | 10. | to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages. | –verb (used without object) —Idioms | 12. | new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matt. 9:17. | | 13. | wine and dine, to entertain lavishly: They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract. | |
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Label Definition–noun | 1. | a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc. | | 2. | a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc. | | 3. | a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Archit.” | | 4. | Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, esp. one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides. | | 5. | a brand or trademark, esp. of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label. | | 6. | the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year. | | 7. | Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son. | | 8. | Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to affix a label to; mark with a label. | | 10. | to designate or describe by or on a label: The bottle was labeled poison. | | 11. | to put in a certain class; classify. | | 12. | Also, radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule)
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