Etymology From Middle English vyne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.
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Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
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Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
3
A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
I could have easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 189:
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UK, Especially A climbing plant that produces grapes.
They picked the grapes off the vine.
Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows; But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water blows.1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:
Etymology From the American short-form video hosting service Vine, active from 2012 to 2016, possibly from vine.
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Internet A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media.
Vine has become a weird tiny art form with its own conventions and trends and a robust community, none of which you will probably be able to keep up with if you aren't already, but at least we can appreciate the occasional Buzzfeed^([sic]) roundup of Vines.2015 February 17, Jess Zimmerman, The Guardian: