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6 6.8
Drink alcohol in a social or fancy way
  • verb
  • /waɪn/
: beber vino
  • lf one is to wine and dine a woman, he must know what to wine and dine her with.
  • wine and dine
  • wining and dining

I love I wine all the time.

Examples

  • On weekends, we like to wine and dine while enjoying the sunset.

  • Wine you and dine you.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • No, I don't dine, but I'll wine with you.

  • While they wine and dine with lobbyists, with who knows what agenda, we're at home, putting the interests of our families first.

    Blog text (6)
  • As publishers gather to wine and dine, a steady stream of paid shrills stands up to tell these titans of the old media world what they want to hear.

    Blog text (13)
  • Sometimes they're in a "romantic" mood, and will take the time to wine and dine their latest target of opportunism, though still on anybody's tab but their own.

    Blog text (12)
  • It wasn't just the lecture they were paying for; they were wining, dining, and entertaining, and they were quite happy to wine and dine relatives as well.

    Blog text (18)
  • They invited us over to wine and dine at their new fancy restaurant.

  • It's always nice to wine and dine my friends on special occasions.

Synonyms

to drink
vsto wine
∞ 2.8

To have alcohol often or at social events

refers only to one specific alcoholic beverage used mainly in social or luxurious occasions
to booze
vsto wine
  • Informal
8 8.4

To drink a lot of alcohol

is done socially in a refined or luxurious manner rather than excessively

Idioms

1 7.5

Someone presents a known idea as if it were new

1 8.6

New ideas put into an old way that do not bring real change

Phrasal Verbs

To treat someone to a fancy meal and drinks to impress them

Compounds

104 1.0

A glass container that holds wine for serving or storage

81 1.0

Wine made from dark grapes with the skins left on during making

50 1.0

An alcoholic pale yellow drink made from grapes

21 3.5

A high-quality drink made from grapes that often improves with age

18 3.4

A cool underground room where people keep bottles of wine to age

17 1.0

A glass container for keeping and pouring wine

16 3.0

An event where people taste and talk about different wines

10 2.5

A bar that mainly serves wine

8 2.0

A sour liquid made from wine used for cooking and salad dressing

A wine with bubbles that is fizzy when opened

5 3.4

A savory liquid made with wine and broth to serve with fish or meat

5 3.0

A container filled with ice that keeps a wine bottle cold

wine making
  • Specialized
4 3.4

A process where people grow grapes and turn them into wine

4 1.4

A shop that sells wine to take home

A person or business that buys and sells wine to customers

3 3.2

A place where people make wine and bottle it

2 2.8

A person who enjoys and knows about wine

Wine blessed and used in Christian Communion to show Christ's blood

2 3.9

A drink made from wine heated with spices and served warm in winter

2 3.5

A sweet dark red wine from Portugal served with dessert

1 3.7

A sweet wine served with a dessert or after a meal

A wine with extra alcohol added, like brandy

1 6.0

A waiter who chooses and serves wine in a restaurant or hotel

Wine made in the US state of California, often from regions like Napa or Sonoma

1 3.0

A deep red color like red wine

1 3.1

A pale pink drink made from red grapes with their skins taken off early

1 2.9

A wine people drink with a meal

1 3.3

A light pink wine made from red grapes

1 3.1

A barrel that stores and ages wine

A red wine from the Burgundy area of France or a similar wine made elsewhere

1 4.3

A cheap wine that comes in large bottles and is usually low quality

1 3.4

A dark red color like red wine

A wine from Bordeaux, usually red but sometimes white

1 3.9

A person who serves and recommends wine to restaurant customers

wine o'clock
  • Slang
1 8.9

A time in the evening for relaxing and drinking wine

1 3.9

A large wooden barrel for storing or aging wine

bum wine
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Cheap wine that often tastes bad and is bought by people with little money

1 4.2

A person who drinks small amounts of wine to judge its quality

varietal wine
  • Specialized
1 5.2

A wine made mainly from one type of grape and labeled with the grape name

1 6.3

Wine used in a Christian communion service at church

1 7.4

A white wine from the Rhine River region of Germany often called hock

1 6.3

A wine made in the Rhone valley of France that is often rich and fruity

port-wine stain
  • Specialized
1 6.6

A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels

spirits of wine
  • Archaic
1 8.9

Very strong pure alcohol used in labs or for cleaning

generic wine
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A wine not allowed to show its place or grape and sold under a simple name such as red

1 7.9

A sweet spring punch made from white wine, sugar, and a sweet herb

1 4.4

A light pink wine made from red grapes

A brown sauce made from mushrooms and red wine served with meat

Canary wine
  • Archaic
1 9.3

A sweet white wine that comes from the Canary Islands

1 2.1

A container filled with ice that keeps a wine bottle cold

8.4

A small New Zealand shrub with pretty leaves and red berries used to make wine

A sweet drink made from grapes dried on straw mats or in the sun

wine palm
  • Indian
8.6

A tall palm tree whose sweet liquid people make into a drink and sugar

wine tosser
  • Informal
9.8

A person who often spills wine at meals or parties

wine-maker's yeast
  • Specialized
5.6

A tiny living thing used to change grape juice into wine

How Much

to guzzle
  • Informal
20 5.8
to imbibe
10 7.4
to drink
∞ 2.8
to wine
6 6.8
to sip
153 1.0

Surface Forms

wine infinitive
wined past
wined past participle
wining present participle
wines third person singular

Etymology

Wine as a verb comes from the same old word vinum for the drink, so to wine simply means to 'drink wine', often in a social or stylish way.