Grape

Quick meaning: Grape is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

More Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
2. (uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.
3. (pathology) A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
4. (US, naval slang) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
5. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A person's head.
6. (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.
7. (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera, not necessarily edible.

Example Sentences

sea grape; tail grape

men mowed down by grape

wild grape covering the back slope

I used to go graping and blackberrying and blueberrying.

Word Forms

• grapes
• graping
• graped

Synonyms for grape

Depending on context, synonyms include bean, beaner, belfry, block, bonce, brainbox.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grapevine, muscadine, viticulture, vineyard, chardonnay, winemaking.

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