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. | | | 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, som
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Making Definition–noun | 1. | the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill. | | 2. | structure; constitution; makeup. | | 3. | the means or cause of success or advancement: to be the making of someone. | | 4. | Usually, makings. capacity or potential: He has the makings of a first-rate officer. | | 5. | makings, | a. | material of which something may be made: the makings for a tossed salad. | | b. | Older Slang. paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette. | | | 7. | the quantity made: a making of butter. | —Idiom | 8. | in the making, in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making. | |
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Supply Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity. | | 2. | to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community. | | 3. | to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.): The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity. | | 4. | to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.: During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit. | –verb (used without object) | 5. | to fill the place of another, esp. the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute: Who will supply until the new minister arrives? | –noun | 6. | the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help. | | 7. | something that is supplied: The storm cut off our water supply. | | 8. | a quantity of something on hand or available, as for use; a stock or store: Did you see our new supply of shirts? | | 9. | Usually, supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance: to lay in supplies for the winter. | | 10. | Economics. the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price. | | 11. | supplies, Military. | a. | all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery. | | b. | procurement, distribution, maintenance, and salvage of supplies. | | | 12. | a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily. | |
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