wine (wines plural & 3rd person present) (wining present participle) (wined past tense & past participle )
1 n-mass Wine is an alcoholic drink which is made from grapes. You can also refer to alcoholic drinks made from other fruits or vegetables as wine.
...a bottle of white wine..., This is a nice wine.
2 colour Wine is used to describe things that are very dark red in colour.
She wore her wine-coloured gaberdine raincoat.
3 If you wine and dine, or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money.
wine and dine sb phrase Vs inflect Colleagues were furious at doing her work while she wined and dined..., A lot of money went on wining and dining prospective clients.
dessert wine (dessert wines plural )A dessert wine is a sweet wine, usually a white wine, that is served with dessert. n-mass
fortified wine (fortified wines plural )Fortified wine is an alcoholic drink such as sherry or port that is made by mixing wine with a small amount of brandy or strong alcohol. n-mass
table wine (table wines plural )Table wine is fairly cheap wine that is drunk with meals. n-mass
wine bar (wine bars plural )A wine bar is a place where people can buy and drink wine, and sometimes eat food as well. n-count
wine glass (wine glasses plural )A wine glass is a glass, usually with a narrow stem, which you use for drinking wine. n-count
