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wyne

wyne is the obsolete form of wine.

Meaning of wine

Noun (1)

wine (countable and uncountable, plural wines)

  1. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
    • Wine is usually stronger than beer.
  2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
    • ...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...
  3. (countable) A serving of wine.
    • I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.
  4. (uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.

Noun (2)

wine (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Wind.
    • Vor voices rawze upon tha wine1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

See all 9 meanings of wine

Proper noun capitalized: Wyne

Wyne (plural Wynes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of wyne

Noun
pluralwynes
Proper noun
pluralWynes

Questions about wyne

What does wyne mean?
Wyne means a surname.
What is wyne the obsolete form of?
Wyne is the obsolete form of wine.
What part of speech is wyne?
Wyne is a proper noun.

Words near wyne in the dictionary

  1. Wyndham
  2. Wyndham Vale
  3. Wyndhams
  4. Wyndi
  5. wynds
  6. wyne
  7. Wyneden
  8. wynes
  9. wyng
  10. wynge
  11. wynges

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