grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grāp
ipa: /ɡɹeɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: grapes
Etymology: From Middle English grape, from Old French grape, grappe, crape (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.
Senses: examples: text: Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
glosses: A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
examples: text: wild grape covering the back slope
glosses: A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
examples: text: sea grape; tail grape
glosses: Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
examples: text: For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
glosses: A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
examples: text: men mowed down by grape
text: The boarding-nettings were up, the guns double-shotted with grape and canister, and the swivels loaded with canisters of musket-balls.
ref: 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Clipping of grapeshot.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
examples: text: I was horrified to see three grapes standing by the aircraft with the hose still connected.
ref: 1998, Approach, volume 43, number 10, page 10:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
synonyms: word: bean
word: beaner
word: belfry
word: block
word: bonce
word: brainbox
word: brain bucket
word: dome
word: head
word: loaf
word: lolly
word: napper
word: noodle
word: noddle
word: noggin
word: nut
word: sconce
word: skull
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A person's head.
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Vitis amurensis
word: Amur grape
taxonomic: Vitis vulpina
word: arroyo grape
taxonomic: Vitis munsoniana
word: bird grape
taxonomic: Vitis rotundifolia
word: bullace grape
taxonomic: Vitis rotundifolia
word: bull grape
taxonomic: Vitis aestivalis
word: bunch grape
alt: Vitis rupestris; Vitis acerifolia
word: bush grape
taxonomic: Vitis arizonica
word: canyon grape
taxonomic: Vitis palmata
word: catbird grape
taxonomic: Vitis palmata
word: cat grape
taxonomic: Vitis vulpina
word: chicken grape
taxonomic: Vitis labrusca variety
word: Concord grape
alt: Ampelopsis cordata; Vitis labrusca
word: coon grape
taxonomic: Vitis cinerea
word: downy grape
taxonomic: Vitis vinifera
word: European grape
taxonomic: Vitis munsoniana
word: everbearing grape
alt: Vitis labrusca et al.
word: fox grape
taxonomic: Vitis vulpina
word: frost grape
word: grape neutral spirit
word: Mission grape
taxonomic: Vitis palmata
word: Missouri grape
alt: Vitis rupestris; Berberis aquifolium, syn. Mahonia aquifolium
word: mountain grape
taxonomic: Vitis rotundifolia
word: muscadine grape
taxonomic: Vitis candicans
word: mustang grape
taxonomic: Vitis candicans
word: mustard grape
word: neutral grape spirit
taxonomic: Vitis aestivalis
word: pigeon grape
taxonomic: Vitis labrusca var. lincecumii
word: pinewoods grape
alt: Vitis labrusca et al.
word: plum grape
alt: Vitis vulpina; Vitis baileyana; Cissus spp.
word: possum grape
taxonomic: Vitis labrusca var. lincecumii
word: post-oak grape
alt: Vitis labrusca et al.; Ampelopsis cordata
word: racoon grape
taxonomic: Vitis riparia
word: riverbank grape
taxonomic: Vitis vulpina
word: river grape
alt: Vitis vulpina; Vitis riparia
word: riverside grape
taxonomic: Medinilla magnifica
word: rose grape
taxonomic: Vitis rupestris
word: sandbeach grape
taxonomic: Vitis rupestris
word: sand grape
alt: Vitis labrusca et al.
word: shore grape
taxonomic: Vitis lambrusca
word: skunk grape
english: Concord grape
translation: Concord grape
word: slipskin grape
taxonomic: Vitis rupestris
word: sugar grape
taxonomic: Vitis aestivalis
word: summer grape
taxonomic: Vitis spp.
word: table grape
taxonomic: Vitis labrusca var. lincecumii
word: turkey grape
english: Vitis spp.; Rhoicissus capensis
translation: Vitis spp.; Rhoicissus capensis
word: wild grape
taxonomic: Vitis spp.
word: wine grape
taxonomic: Vitis vulpina
word: winter grape
alt: Vitis vulpina; Solanum dulcamara
word: wolf grape
taxonomic: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
word: bear's grape
taxonomic: Baccaurea ramiflora
word: Burmese grape
taxonomic: Rhoicissus tomentosa
word: Cape grape
taxonomic: Phytolacca americana
word: dyer's grape
taxonomic: Cissus antarctica
word: kangaroo grape
taxonomic: Berberis aquifolium
alt: syn. Mahonia aquifolium
word: Oregon grape
taxonomic: Mahonia aquifolium
word: Rocky Mountain grape
english: various plants so called
translation: various plants so called
word: sea grape
taxonomic: Coccoloba uvifera
word: seaside grape
taxonomic: Artabotrys spp.
word: tail grape
Derived terms: word: bear's-grape
word: crangrape
word: dessert grape
word: grape cactus
word: grape cell
word: grape fern
word: grapefruit
word: grapeful
taxonomic: Muscari spp.
word: grape hyacinth
taxonomic: Parthenocissus tricuspidata
word: grape ivy
word: grape jelly
word: grape juice
word: grape kernel
word: grapeless
word: grapelet
word: grapelike
word: grape-louse
word: graperita
word: grapery
word: grapeseed
word: grapeshot
word: grapeskin
word: grape smuggler
word: grape smugglers
word: grapes of wrath
word: grapestone
word: grape-stone
word: grape sugar
word: grape therapy
word: grapetini
word: grape tomato
taxonomic: Vitis spp.
word: grapevine
english: gossip
translation: gossip
word: grapevine
word: grape wine
word: grapewise
word: grapey
word: grapy
word: mangrove grape
word: mare's teat grape
word: miller's grape
word: Niagara grape
word: peel me a grape
word: red grape
word: rock grape
word: sour grapes
word: spoiled grape juice
word: squeeze-grape
word: table grape
word: tablegrape
word: white grape
word: winegrape
word: wine grape
Related terms: grapnel
grappa
grapple