vine
/ˈvaɪ̯n/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
name
A surname.
name
An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.
noun
A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media.
Example Sentences
- "This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine."
- "I could have easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders."
- "They picked the grapes off the vine."
- "Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows; But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water blows."
- "Vine has become a weird tiny art form with its own conventions and trends and a robust community, none of which you will probably be able to keep up with if you aren't already, but at least we can appreciate the occasional Buzzfeed^([sic]) roundup of Vines."
Etymology
From Middle English vyne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
Alamo vine
Alleghany vine
Allegheny vine
American Vine
apricot vine
arbor vine
balloon vine
bamboo vine