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, 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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Tasting Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food. | | 2. | to eat or drink a little of: She barely tasted her dinner. | | 3. | to eat or drink (often used in negative constructions): He hadn't tasted food for three days. | | 4. | to perceive or distinguish the flavor of: to taste the wine in a sauce. | | 5. | to have or get experience, esp. a slight experience: these young men who had only begun to taste life. | | 6. | to perceive in any way. | | 7. | Archaic. to enjoy or appreciate. | | 8. | Obsolete. | a. | to examine by touch; feel. | | –verb (used without object) | 9. | to try the flavor or quality of something. | | 10. | to eat or drink a little (usually fol. by of): She tasted of the cake. | | 11. | to perceive or distinguish the flavor of anything. | | 12. | to have experience of something, however limited or slight. | | 13. | to have a particular flavor (often fol. by of): The coffee tastes bitter. The bread tastes of mold. | | 14. | to smack or savor (usually fol. by of): The story tastes of treason. | –noun | 15. | the act of tasting food or drink. | | 16. | the sense by which the flavor or savor of things is perceived when they are brought into contact with the tongue. | | 17. | the sensation or quality as perceived by this sense; flavor. | | 18. | a small quantity tasted; a morsel, bit, or sip. | | 19. | a relish, liking, or partiality for something: a taste for music. | | 20. | the sense of what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful; the perception and enjoyment of what constitutes excellence in the fine arts, literature, fashion, etc. | | 21. | the sense of what is seemly, polite, tactful, etc., to say or do in a given social situation. | | 22. | one's personal attitude or reaction toward an aesthetic phenomenon or social situation, regarded as either good or bad. | | 23. | the ideas of aesthetic excellence or of aesthetically valid forms prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual: a sample of Victorian taste; I consulted only my own taste in decorating this room. | | 24. | the formal idiom preferred by a certain artist or culture; style; manner: a façade in the Baroque taste. | | 25. | a slight experience or a sample of something: a taste of adventure. | | 26. | a feeling or sensation resulting from an experience: a compromise that left a bad taste in her mouth. | | 27. | Obsolete. test or trial. | —Idioms | 28. | taste blood. blood (def. 24). | | 29. | to one's taste, agreeable or pleasing to one: He couldn't find any ties that were completely to his taste. | |
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