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. |
| 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. |
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| 8. | Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine. |
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–verb (used with object) | 10. | to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages. |
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—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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List Definition–noun | 1. | a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members. |
| 3. | Computers. a series of records in a file. |
| 4. | a complete record of stocks handled by a stock exchange. |
| 5. | all of the books of a publisher that are available for sale. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to set down together in a list; make a list of: to list the membership of a club. |
| 7. | to enter in a list, directory, catalog, etc.: to list him among the members. |
| 8. | to place on a list of persons to be watched, excluded, restricted, etc. |
| 9. | Computers. to print or display in a list: Let's list the whole program and see where the bug is. |
| 10. | to register (a security) on a stock exchange so that it may be traded there. |
–verb (used without object) | 12. | to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price: This radio lists at $49.95. |
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