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grape
(grāp)n.
1. Any of various woody vines of the genus Vitis, bearing clusters of edible berries and widely cultivated in many species and varieties.
2. The fleshy, smooth-skinned, purple, red, or green berry of a grape, eaten raw or dried as a raisin and widely used in winemaking.
3. A dark violet to dark grayish purple.
4. Grapeshot.
[Middle English, from Old French, bunch of grapes, hook, of Germanic origin.]
grap·ey, grap·y adj.
grap′i·ness n.
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grape
(ɡreɪp)n
1. (Plants) the fruit of the grapevine, which has a purple or green skin and sweet flesh: eaten raw, dried to make raisins, currants, or sultanas, or used for making wine
2. (Plants) any of various plants that bear grapelike fruit, such as the Oregon grape
3. (Plants) See grapevine1
4. (Brewing) the grape an informal term for wine
5. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) See grapeshot
[C13: from Old French grape bunch of grapes, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German krāpfo; related to cramp2, grapple]
ˈgrapeless adj
ˈgrapeˌlike adj
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grape
(greɪp)n.
1. the edible smooth-skinned fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis and is fermented to make wine.
2. grapevine.
3. a dark purplish red color.
4. grapeshot.
5. the grape, wine.
[1200–50; Middle English < Old French: cluster of grapes, orig. hook < Germanic; compare Old High German krāpfo hook, and grapple, grapnel]
grape′like`, adj.
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Noun | 1. | grape - any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh bullace grape, muscadine - dull-purple grape of southern United States slipskin grape - a grape whose skin slips readily from the pulp vinifera grape - grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe grape vine, grapevine, grape - any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries |
2. | grape - any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries grape - any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface genus Vitis, Vitis - the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes fox grape, Vitis labrusca - native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia - native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties common grape vine, vinifera, vinifera grape, Vitis vinifera - common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes | |
3. | grape - a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot |
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grape
Grapes used in making wine
White wine aligoté, chardonnay, chenin blanc or steen, colombard, furmint, gewürztraminer, grüner veltliner, hárslevelü, malvasia, marsanne, müller-thurgau, muscadelle, muscat or moscatel, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot grigio, ruländer, or Tokay-Pinot Gris, riesling or rhine riesling, sauvignon blanc, scheurebe, semillon or sémillon, seyval blanc, silvaner or sylvaner, trebbiano or ugni blanc, verdelho, verdicchio, viognier, viura, welschriesling, olasz rizling, or laski rizling
Red wine barbera, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, cinsault, dolcetto, gamay, grenache or garnacha, kékfrankos, malbec, merlot, montepulciano, mourvèdre, nebbiolo or spanna, negroamoro, pinotage, pinot noir or spätburgunder, sangiovese, shiraz or syrah, tempranillo, zinfandel
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Translations
hroznové vínozrnko vína
drue
vinbero
viinirypäle
grožđe
szőlő
vínber
ブドウ葡萄
포도
uva
neoficialus kanalasvynuogėvynuogės žaliosvynuogienojas
vīnoga
druevindrue
strugure
bobuľa hrozna
grozdje
druva
องุ่น
quả nho
grape
[greɪp]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
grape
[ˈgreɪp] n → raisin ma bunch of grapes → une grappe de raisin
sour grapes (fig) → jalousie grape jelly, grape juice, grape variety
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
grape
n → (Wein)traube f, → Weinbeere f; a pound of grapes → ein Pfund (Wein)trauben; a bunch of grapes → eine (ganze) Weintraube
grape
:grapefruit
n → Grapefruit f, → Pampelmuse f
grapefruit juice
n → Grapefruitsaft m
grape harvest
n → Weinlese f
grape hyacinth
n → Traubenhyazinthe f
grape juice
n → Traubensaft m
grapeshot
n (Hist) → Kartätsche f
grapestone
n → Traubenkern m
grape sugar
n → Traubenzucker m
grape type
n → Rebsorte f
grapevine
n → Weinstock m; (inf) → Nachrichtendienst m (inf); I heard it on or through the grape → es ist mir zu Ohren gekommen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grape
(greip) noun a green or black smooth-skinned eatable berry from which wine is made.
ˈgrapevine noun1. an informal means of passing news from person to person. I hear through the grapevine that he is leaving.
2. a vine.
sour grapes saying or pretending that something is not worth having because one cannot obtain it.
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grape
→ عِنَب hroznové víno drue Weintraube σταφύλι uva viinirypäle raisin grožđe uva ブドウ 포도 druif drue winogrono uva виноград druva องุ่น üzüm quả nho 葡萄Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009