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vine

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvaɪ̯n/
  • [ˈvaɪ̯n]
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  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: V AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: climber

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A climbing plant that produces grapes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, especially

Examples

  • They picked the grapes off the vine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grapevine, winetree

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Any plant of the genus Vitis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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Synonyms: none provided

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9

noun

Meaning 9

a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: vascular plant, tracheophyte

Narrower terms: semi-climber, moonseed, clematis, allamanda, Nepal trumpet flower, Easter lily vine, Beaumontia grandiflora, star jasmine, confederate jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, ivy, common ivy, English ivy, Hedera helix, birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis, bougainvillea, Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata, climbing corydalis, Corydalis claviculata, Fumaria claviculata, climbing fumitory, Allegheny vine, Adlumia fungosa, Fumaria fungosa, German ivy, Delairea odorata, Senecio milkanioides, climbing hempweed, climbing boneset, wild climbing hempweed, climbing hemp-vine, Mikania scandens, yam, yam plant, elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes, wild yam, Dioscorea paniculata, black bryony, black bindweed, Tamus communis, gourd, gourd vine, squash, squash vine, bryony, briony, luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine, bower actinidia, tara vine, Actinidia arguta, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, silvervine, silver vine, Actinidia polygama, passionflower, passionflower vine, hop, hops, salsilla, Bomarea edulis, Bomarea salsilla, smilax, Asparagus asparagoides, sarsaparilla, bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia, yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine, evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens, calabar-bean vine, Physostigma venenosum, hog peanut, wild peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Amphicarpa bracteata, groundnut, groundnut vine, Indian potato, potato bean, wild bean, Apios americana, Apios tuberosa, jack bean, wonder bean, giant stock bean, Canavalia ensiformis, sword bean, Canavalia gladiata, butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum, Clitoria mariana, blue pea, Clitoria turnatea, derris root, tuba root, Derris elliptica, Australian pea, Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus, Western Australia coral pea, Hardenbergia comnptoniana, coral pea, hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab, vetchling, everlasting pea, sweet pea, sweetpea, Lathyrus odoratus, heath pea, earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, tuberous vetch, Lathyrus tuberosus, yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, Pachyrhizus tuberosus, winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, kudzu, kudzu vine, Pueraria lobata, wisteria, wistaria, silver lace vine, China fleece vine, Russian vine, Polygonum aubertii, partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens, soapberry vine, bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, Japanese bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, Celastric articulatus, evergreen bittersweet, Euonymus fortunei radicans, Euonymus radicans vegetus, black-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata, cross vine, trumpet flower, quartervine, quarter-vine, Bignonia capreolata, convolvulus, bindweed, silverweed, dodder, dichondra, Dichondra micrantha, morning glory, ground ivy, alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae, potato tree, Solanum crispum, Uruguay potato, Uruguay potato vine, Solanum commersonii, wild potato, Solanum jamesii, potato vine, Solanum jasmoides, potato, white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum, giant potato creeper, Solanum wendlandii, cock's eggs, Salpichroa organifolia, Salpichroa rhomboidea, climber, liana, grape, grapevine, grape vine, Boston ivy, Japanese ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Virginia creeper, American ivy, woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, true pepper, pepper vine, cruel plant, Araujia sericofera, hoya, silk vine, Periploca graeca, soma, haoma, Sarcostemma acidum, negro vine, Vincetoxicum hirsutum, Vincetoxicum negrum

History

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.

From the American short-form video hosting service Vine, active from 2012 to 2016, possibly from vine.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: лоза (loza) — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Chichewa: mpesa — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Esperanto: vito — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Finnish: viiniköynnös — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Georgian: ვაზი (vazi) — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (weinatriu) — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Hindi: लता (latā) — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Italian: vite — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Italian: vitigno — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Middle English: vine — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Middle English: vine-tre — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Persian: رز (raz) — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Persian: انگور (angur) — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Pohnpeian: wain — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Spanish: vid — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Spanish: parra — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Spanish: labrusca — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Spanish: parriza — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Spanish: parrón — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Spanish: cepa — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Swedish: vin — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Swedish: vinranka — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Turkish: üzüm asması — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Welsh: gwinwydd — any plant of the genus Vitis
  • Amharic: ሐረግ (ḥäräg) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Armenian: որթատունկ (ortʻatunk) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Basque: igokari — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Central Bikol: balagon — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Bulgarian: виещо се растение (viešto se rastenie) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Catalan: planta enfiladissa — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Chichewa: mpesa — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Crimean Tatar: çırmavuq — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Esperanto: grimpoplanto — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Finnish: köynnöskasvi — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Finnish: köynnös — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • French: grimpante — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Georgian: ვაზი (vazi) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • German: Kletterpflanze — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • German: Ranke — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • German: Schlingpflanze — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Hawaiian: lāʻau hihi — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Hindi: लता (latā) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Hindi: बेल (bel) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Irish: féithleog — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Italian: rampicante — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Japanese: 蔓 (tsuru) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Khmer: លតា (lea’daa) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Khmer: វល្លិ (vŏə) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Latin: vitis — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Lithuanian: vijoklis — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Malayalam: വള്ളിച്ചെടി (vaḷḷicceṭi) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Malayalam: ആരോഹി (ārōhi) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Māori: aka — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Mongolian: усан үзмийн мод (usan üzmiin mod) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Persian: بالارونده (bâlâravande) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Polish: pnącze — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Portuguese: cipó — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: loza — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Slovene: trta — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Spanish: trepadora — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Spanish: enredadera — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Spanish: bejuco — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Spanish: liana — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Spanish: boqui — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Spanish: coguilera — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Swedish: ranka — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Swedish: klätterväxt — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Swedish: slingerväxt — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Telugu: లత (lata) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Telugu: తీగ (tīga) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Thai: เถา (tǎo) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Thai: ไม้เถา — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Thai: เถาวัลย์ (tǎo-wan) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Tocharian B: laitke — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Turkish: sarmaşık — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Ukrainian: лоза (lozá) — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Vietnamese: dây leo — any similar climbing or trailing plant
  • Yoruba: àjàrà — any similar climbing or trailing plant