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15 7.5
Give guests alcohol and food to please or impress them
  • verb
  • /waɪn/
: invitar a beber vino
  • I'll wine you and I'll dine you.
  • wined and dined

Do you expect me to wine you and dine you?

Examples

Synonyms

to wine and dine
vsto wine
15 4.3

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

is narrower, using mainly drinks rather than lavish food to impress
to serve alcohol
vsto wine
10 3.0

Provide alcohol to customers or guests

is hosting guests with drinks at a meal or reception, not commercial service
to liquor
vsto wine
9 7.0

To add alcohol to food or give people alcoholic drinks

is about hosting guests with drinks during a meal rather than simply supplying them

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 Lavish

to wine
15 7.5
to drink
80 6.3

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Wine as in the phrase 'wined and dined' comes from offering the drink wine, so to wine someone is to entertain them with wine and good food.