Definition of Vine

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Definition of Vine

Vine

Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.

Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.

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Vine Quotations

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
William Blake

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
Marcus Aurelius

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.
Tim Vine

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.
Diogenes

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.
Hugh Laurie

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
Omar Khayyam

George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?
Brendan Fraser

Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography.
Graeme Murphy

When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.
Alex Lowe

Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas.
Horace Gray

Vine Translations

vine in Danish is vinstok
vine in Dutch is wijngaard, wijnberg
vine in French is vignoble, vigne
vine in German is Rebe, Hopfen, Weinstock, Wein, Wein
vine in Italian is vite, vigna
vine in Portuguese is videira, vinha
vine in Swedish is vinstock, vinranka

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