wine
A drink with alcohol made from grapes or other fruits.
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes or other fruits.
Wine used for special church services.
Wine used in religious ceremonies, especially in Christian communion services.
To complain like you are whining (joking use).
(Rare, humorous) To complain in a drawn-out or whining manner, often as a play on words with 'whine'.
- Base: wine
- Plural: wine, wines
like a fine wine
1Improve with age or time
Used to say that someone or something gets better as they get older.
- Her voice is like a fine wine—it just gets better over the years.
- Their relationship has aged like a fine wine.
spend more time on wine than on the corkscrew
1Focus on less important details
To spend too much time on small things instead of the main thing (figurative use).
- In project planning, don't spend more time on the wine than on the corkscrew.
- He tends to spend more time on the wine than on the corkscrew when organizing events.
wine country
1Region for growing grapes for wine
An area where many grapes are grown and wine is made.
- We took a trip through California's wine country.
- Wine country is beautiful in the autumn.
wine and dine
1Entertain with meals and drinks
To give someone nice food and drinks, often to please or impress them.
- They wined and dined their clients to secure the deal.
- They wined and dined the clients before signing the deal.
- He loves to wine and dine his friends when they visit.
- He wined and dined her all weekend.