to vine
- verb
- /vaɪn/
- I mean, there's this one starting to vine, putting out some really beautiful flowers.
Examples
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And I'm going to let them vine throughout the the corn as well.
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"And why did it vine to you?
Fiction book (1995) -
Silk-thread Crotch and vine My inspiration and respiration
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Light flowered from the red silk space between her sagging breasts and vined through every pore of her.
Fiction book (1997) -
The grape plants vine along the trellis, producing sweet fruit each year.
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As the flowers bloom, they begin to vine up the garden fence, creating a beautiful display.
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The morning glory will vine rapidly, covering any structure it can find in vibrant blooms.
Synonyms
To spread over something and cover it, as moss or vines do
To grow over something by creeping or climbing
Idioms
Compounds
A climbing plant that holds on to walls and posts by wrapping around them or using small roots
- US
A fast-growing climbing plant from eastern Asia that quickly covers trees and buildings
- US
A climbing plant with large bell-shaped orange or red flowers often grown in gardens
A climbing plant from tropical Africa with yellow flowers that have a dark purple center
A tropical African climbing plant that makes beans used in medicine and once used as a poison
A climbing plant that grows back every year with twining stems and fragrant green flowers
- US
A Mexican climbing plant with large yellow funnel-shaped flowers that smell sweet
- Specialized
A climbing plant from China that has glossy heart-shaped leaves that smell of cinnamon and edible tubers
A tropical climbing plant that grows up trees and has small flowers that smell like vanilla
- Specialized
A vine from Europe that produces grapes used for eating and making wine
- Specialized
A woody climbing plant with bright orange-red flowers and stems that show a cross shape when cut
A climbing plant from tropical America with finely divided leaves and red star-shaped flowers
An evergreen climbing plant with glossy leaves and fragrant white, trumpet-shaped flowers
A West Indian climbing plant with spiny stems, white scented flowers, and small yellow or orange fruits
A low plant from Central America that grows along the ground and has frilly white flowers
- UK
A vine without leaves that wraps around and harms plants like clover, with small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems
- Indian
A climbing plant with purple flowers and edible pods with four winged edges
- Australian
A climbing plant that stays green all year with large bright yellow flowers
- NSFW
A climbing plant from South Africa with a large rough root like an elephant's foot
- Philippine
A climbing evergreen plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers used for decoration
- US
A woody vine from the southern United States with bright flowers and a cross-shaped stem when cut
A low plant with long spreading stems and bright purple flowers that grows on coastal sand dunes
A low plant that has yellow flowers and pods that grow under the soil and make edible peanuts
- Specialized
A climbing or bush plant whose small fruits are dried to make a common cooking spice
A vine that grows in dry fields and makes small hard green fruits that are not edible
- Indian
A climbing Asian vine with long saw-like leaves, white flower clusters, and greenish yellow fruit you can eat
- UK
A climbing plant with dark shiny leaves and poisonous yellow fruits often grown in gardens
A climbing plant from East Asia with leaves marked silver and yellow edible fruit that cats often like
- Australian
A tropical climbing plant with yellow flowers, edible young fruits, and dried inner fruit used as a sponge
- US
A climbing plant with large red-purple bell-shaped flowers and thick leaf-like parts under the flowers
- US
A desert plant with thin spiny branches that makes leaves and red flower clusters after rain
A plant that grows edible potatoes underground and has poisonous climbing stems
A tropical plant that grows along the ground or climbs and has a large root people eat
A climbing tropical plant with a large root used for food and related to the sweet potato
How Spreading
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb vine comes from the same Latin vinea and vinum, both linked to 'wine' and to grape plants that climb and spread. So to vine means to grow by climbing, trailing, or winding like a grape plant.