wine
part of speech
noun (wine, wines); verb (wine and dine — phrase)
meaning for a pupil
1) Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes or sometimes other fruits. tree →
2) Wine (or wine-red) is a dark red colour. tree →
3) To wine and dine someone is to take them out for a fancy meal and treat them well. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, adults may drink wine with meals; in safety and health lessons, alcohol is only for adults and can harm the body. In science, grapes ferment (yeast turns sugar into alcohol). In stories and history, wine is served at feasts. Phrases: red wine, white wine, a glass of wine, wine-red.
examples
- Grapes are crushed to make wine. tree →
- Mum had a glass of wine with her dinner. tree →
- Wine is an adult drink; children must not drink alcohol. tree →
- The feast had bread, cheese and wine. tree →
- Her coat was a deep wine colour. tree →
- They wined and dined their guests at a smart restaurant. tree →
- A bottle holds 750 ml of wine, so 4 bottles hold 3000 ml. tree →
- "Some wine and meat," she replied. tree →
note
Uncountable for the drink (some wine), countable for kinds (French wines). Homophone trap: «whine» (to complain in a moaning voice) sounds the same in many accents. Alcohol is for adults only.
In the corpora
- Vinegar is water with acetic acid in it, made by bacteria from wine or cider.
- Greeks sailed in triremes, fast warships with three rows of oars, and traded olive oil, wine and pottery.
- At a wedding in Cana Jesus turned water into wine when the wine ran out; John calls it his first sign.
- The altar or communion table is where the bread and wine are prepared for communion.
- Some churches use grape juice instead of wine at communion.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.