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grape en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹæɪp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɡɹep/ (Scotland)
• grāp
• /ɡɹeɪp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

Meanings

1. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
2. Of a dark purplish red colour.

Forms

Translations (17)

nl druivenkleurig (colour) · vi (vị) nho (flavour) · pt de uva (flavour) · ja 葡萄味 (flavour) · nl druiven- (flavour) · hu szőlőízű (flavour) · bg гро́здов (flavour) · vi (màu) nho (colour) · zza mewi (colour) · zza enghur (flavour) · io vitoberea (colour) · hu szőlős (flavour) · it d'uva (colour) · hu szőlőlila (colour) · io vitobera (flavour) · tr üzüm (flavour) · pl winogronowy (flavour)

grape en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɡɹæɪp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɡɹep/ (Scotland)
• grāp
• /ɡɹeɪp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

Meanings

1. (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.
   • Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
   • wild grape covering the back slope
3. (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera, not necessarily edible.
   • sea grape; tail grape
4. (countable, uncountable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
   • For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.
   alt of grapeshot
   • men mowed down by grape
   • The boarding-nettings were up, the guns double-shotted with grape and canister, and the swivels loaded with canisters of musket-balls. 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter XX, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 165–166:
6. (countable, uncountable) A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
7. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
   • I was horrified to see three grapes standing by the aircraft with the hose still connected. 1998, Approach, volume 43, number 10, page 10:
8. (countable, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) A person's head.

Forms

Deriveds

graperita · winegrape · white grape · grapevine · grape wine · grape tomato · wine grape · grapeless · grapeful · dessert grape · grapeskin · crangrape · grape kernel · squeeze-grape · peel me a grape · red grape · grapery · grapewise · grapevine · grapetini · grape jelly · grapestone · grapes of wrath · grapeseed · table grape · sour grapes · grape smuggler · tablegrape · grape smugglers · grape-stone · grape-louse · miller's grape · grapeshot · grapelike · grape cell · spoiled grape juice · grapey · mare's teat grape · grape juice · grapy · Niagara grape · grapelet · grape sugar · grape therapy

Hyponyms

mustard grape · post-oak grape · mangrove grape · possum grape · Cape grape · catbird grape · arroyo grape · wild grape · neutral grape spirit · kangaroo grape · riverside grape · pinewoods grape · grape hyacinth · Amur grape · plum grape · table grape · slipskin grape · muscadine grape · Concord grape · turkey grape · Missouri grape · bird grape · winter grape · mustang grape · bull grape · wine grape · frost grape · downy grape · canyon grape · Mission grape · chicken grape · rock grape · mountain grape · racoon grape · riverbank grape · tail grape · sea grape · grape ivy · sandbeach grape · bear's grape · grape fern · grapefruit Citrus paradisi) · grape neutral spirit · seaside grape · bush grape · dyer's grape · river grape · European grape · Burmese grape · shore grape · sand grape · bunch grape · wolf grape · skunk grape · everbearing grape · sugar grape · pigeon grape · rose grape · coon grape · cat grape · Oregon grape Rocky Mountain grape · fox grape · bullace grape · summer grape · grape cactus

Relateds

grapple · grappa · grapnel

Synonyms

sconce · nut · calabash · noggin · brainbox · beaner · bean · bonce · dome · head · napper · noodle · brain bucket · block · skull · loaf · noddle · lolly · belfry

Translations (266)

oc rasim (fruit) · de Weintraube (fruit) · sl grozdje (fruit) · as দাক্ষা (fruit) · my စပျစ်သီး (fruit) · nb drue (fruit) · rm iva (fruit) · rom drakh (fruit) · nn drue (fruit) · fo vínber (fruit) · gl bago (fruit) · ms anggur (fruit) · ja グレープ (fruit) · nb vindrue (fruit) · nan-hbl 葡萄 (fruit) · ru виногра́дина (fruit) · krc джюзюм (fruit) · krc жюзюм (fruit) · bcl ubas (fruit) · ug ئۈزۈم (fruit) · to moli (fruit) · te ద్రాక్ష (fruit) · io vitobereo (colour) · st morara (fruit) · lmo üga (fruit) · sv vindruva (fruit) · yue 葡提子 (fruit) · gd fìon-dearc (fruit) · it uva (fruit) · uz uzum (fruit) · ast uva (fruit) · sq rrush (fruit) · lb Drauf (fruit) · ha inabi (fruit) · gl agraz (fruit) · aqc тӏуммул (fruit) · kum юзюм (fruit) · pms uva (fruit) · ee weintsetse (fruit) · pa ਦਾਖ (fruit) · kjh виноград (fruit) · mn үзэм (fruit) · yi ווײַנטרויב (fruit) · ti ወይኒ (fruit) · klj angûr (fruit) · zza engur (diq) (fruit) · crh yüzüm (fruit) · nog юзим (fruit) · za makit (fruit) · hu szőlőfürt (fruit) · bo རྒུན (fruit) · am ወይን (fruit) · ay upasa (fruit) · ks دَچھ (fruit) · eo traŭbo (fruit) · gu દરાખ (fruit) · egy i-A-r:*r-t:D5-N33:Z2 (fruit) · an uga (fruit) · ms jabit (in Kelantan) (fruit) · ja 葡萄色 (colour) · gv smeyr-feeyney (fruit) · grc ῥάξ (fruit) · vo vitidabäl (fruit) · to kālepi (fruit) · he עֵנָב (fruit) · lo ອາງຸ່ນ (fruit) · sh grožđe (fruit) · kn ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ (fruit) · rif aḍir (fruit) · mn усан үзэм (fruit) · an uba (fruit) · inh комс (fruit) · bn দ্রাক্ষা (fruit) · kk жүзім (fruit) · mk грозје (fruit) · ky жүзүм (fruit) · kl viinnissaq (fruit) · ar عِنَب (fruit) · fur ue (fruit) · yi טרויב (fruit) · lv vīnoga (fruit) · io vitobero-koloro (colour) · zza mawi (colour) · dlm joiva (fruit) · shi ⴰⴹⵉⵍ (fruit) · tl ubas (fruit) · hi अंगूर (fruit) · is þrúga (fruit) · mr द्राक्ष (fruit) · gl uva (fruit) · xdq тӏутӏи́ (fruit) · hi द्राक्षा (fruit) · tew úuva (fruit) · udi тӏул (fruit) · sjd мӯррмӯррьй (fruit) · mnc ᠮᡠᠴᡠ (fruit) · uk виногра́д (fruit) · ia uva (fruit) · ka ყურძენი (fruit) · bg гро́зде (fruit) · ilo ubas (fruit) · got 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (fruit) · sh грозд (fruit) · nl druif (fruit) · cy grawnwinen (fruit) · io vitobero (fruit) · vi màu nho (colour) · fo drúva (fruit) · ota اوزوم (fruit) · pt uva (fruit) · xh umdiliya (fruit) · pwo စဘံၭ (fruit) · ckb ترێ (fruit) · mfe rezin (fruit) · hy խաղող (fruit) · oc uva (fruit) · be вінагра́д (fruit) · sjd выннҍмӯррьй (fruit) · sa द्राक्षा (fruit) · hy ազոխ (fruit) · klj hüzüm (fruit) · nv chʼil naʼatłʼoʼii (fruit) · yue 提子 (fruit) · bqi انگیر (fruit) · ml മുന്തിരി (fruit) · alt виноград (fruit) · ary عنب (fruit) · eu mahats (fruit) · ja 葡萄 (fruit) · arc עִנְבְּתָא (fruit) · nl wijndruif (fruit) · bn আঙুর (fruit) · qu uwa (fruit) · fy drúf (fruit) · nn vindrue (fruit) · ja 葡萄 (fruit) · is vínber (fruit) · bn আঙ্গুর (fruit) · ps انګور (fruit) · grc σταφυλή (fruit) · uga 𐎙𐎐𐎁 (fruit) · ur انگور (fruit) · cmn 葡萄 (fruit) · ru виногра́д (fruit) · or ଅଙ୍ଗୁର (fruit) · fa انگور (fruit) · wao kóla (fruit) · arz عنب (fruit) · cs hrozen (fruit) · kab tizurin (fruit) · hu szőlőszem (fruit) · fi viinirypäle (fruit) · kaa ju'zim (fruit) · gl goio (fruit) · tk üzüm (fruit) · mn ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠦᠵᠦᠮ (fruit) · es uva (fruit) · bo ཆུ་རྒུན་འབྲུམ (fruit) · bal انگور (fruit) · yue 葡萄 (fruit) · gu અંગૂર (fruit) · kmr tirî (fruit) · ba йөҙөм (fruit) · tt йөзем (fruit) · zza anggur (fruit) · cv иҫӗм (fruit) · sc úa (fruit) · gd dearc-fhìona (fruit) · ang wīnberġe (fruit) · mg voaloboka (fruit) · clt mingsuv (fruit) · ur داکھ (fruit) · gd fìon-dearcag (fruit) · dng путо (fruit) · fur uve (fruit) · ko 포도색 (colour) · cmn 提子 (fruit) · xmf ჸურზენი (fruit) · tab тӏумтӏар (fruit) · de Traube (fruit) · hak 葡萄 (fruit) · pdt Wiendruw (fruit) · km ទំពាំងបាយជូរ (fruit) · arz عنبة (fruit) · nci xocomecatl (fruit) · mia aahsanteepakwi (fruit) · sat ᱚᱝᱜᱩᱨ (fruit) · da drue (fruit) · avd انگور (fruit) · ota عنب (fruit) · ota انكور (fruit) · arc ܥܢܒܬܐ (fruit) · pl winogrono (fruit) · th องุ่น (fruit) · ko 포도 (fruit) · zza angur (fruit) · ce кемс (fruit) · ht rezen (fruit) · gag yüzüm (fruit) · alt ӱзӱм (fruit) · lmo uga (fruit) · it acino d'uva (fruit) · tr üzüm (fruit) · hi दाख (fruit) · ca raïm (fruit) · rsk грозно (fruit) · lt vynuogė (fruit) · id buah anggur (fruit) · ga fíonchaor (fruit) · izh viinamarja (fruit) · jv anggur (fruit) · la uva (fruit) · el σταφύλι (fruit) · acw عُنَب (fruit) · de Weinbeere (fruit) · gv berrish-feeyney (fruit) · sh grozd (fruit) · ab ажь (fruit) · he עֲנָבָה (fruit) · id anggur (fruit) · kw grappa (fruit) · mt għenba (fruit) · sw zabibu (fruit) · tg ангӯр (fruit) · hu szőlőlila (colour) · grc βότρυς (fruit) · aii ܥܲܢܒ݂ܵܐ (fruit) · wuu 葡萄 (fruit) · mn ᠦᠵᠦᠮ (fruit) · hu szőlő (fruit) · twf ùboʼóna (fruit) · sv druva (fruit) · gu દ્રાક્ષ (fruit) · mic aloqoman (fruit) · rue гро́зно (fruit) · ta திராட்சை (fruit) · et viinamari (fruit) · qua házi (fruit) · ny mphesa (fruit) · so canab (fruit) · sk hrozno (fruit) · as লতা-পনীয়ল (fruit) · fr grain de raisin (fruit) · lmo uva (fruit) · da vindrue (fruit) · as আঙুৰ (fruit) · lb Gron (fruit) · ro strugure (fruit) · sd اَنگوُرُ (fruit) · sh грожђе (fruit) · vi (trái, quả) nho (fruit) · rup auã (fruit) · az üzüm (fruit) · af druif (fruit) · srn droifi (fruit) · nog юьзим (fruit) · scn racina (fruit) · xal уста үзм (fruit) · vo vitidabälem (fruit) · eo vinbero (fruit) · es malvasía (fruit) · es masvale (fruit) · pa ਅੰਗੂਰ (fruit) · mi wāina (fruit) · cdo 葡萄 (fruit) · syl ꠀꠋꠉꠥꠞ (fruit)

wikidata: Q10978

grape en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɡɹæɪp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɡɹep/ (Scotland)
• grāp
• /ɡɹeɪp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.

Meanings

1. To pick grapes.
   • I used to go graping and blackberrying and blueberrying. 1973, Nancy Safford, Time's Island; Portraits of the Vineyard, page 35:
2. Of livestock, to develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
   • Some are called ticked; some have the milk fever; some have worm-'ith-tail ; some are graped ; others are broken-up old cows. 1856, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Reports from Committees, page 138:
   • The lungs were in a bad condition, hard in places, and lumpy and badly graped. 1891, Public Health - Volume 4, page 249:
   • Do I understand that the carcases of the graped cows, to which you refer, were used for food ? 1898, Great Britain Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Administrative Procedures for Controlling Danger to Man Through the Use as Food of the Meat and Milk of Tuberculous Animals, page 245:
3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
   • An additional concern is the problem of graping, which becomes more visible when type-4 solder powder is required for fine-pitch μ-BGA attachment. 2012, K. Subramanian, Lead-free Solders: Materials Reliability for Electronics, →ISBN, page 169:
   • Some small graped pisolitic textures are primary but not important. 1991, Desheng Li, Tectonic types of oil and gas basins in China, page 162:
   • Over the huge abraded rind, Crow-countries graped with dung, we go, Past gullies that no longer flow And wells that nobody can find, Lashed by the screaming of the crow, Stabbed by the needles of the mind. 1932, Kenneth Slessor, Cuckooz Contrey:
4. (Northern-UK) To grope.
   • Lang, lang I sought and graped for my pack, Till night and hunger forced me to come back. 1780, Alexander Wilson, A Pedlar's Story:
   • I dinna ken,” said Steenie ; “ the book had fa'en out 0' his pocket, I fancy, for I fand it amang my feet when I was graping about to set him on his legs again, and I just pat it in my pouch to keep it safe ; 1836, Walter Scott, The antiquary, page 56:
   • 'Till in a declamation mist, His argument he tint it; He gapéd for't, he graped for't, He fand it was awa, man; 1881, Robert Burns, The Two Lawyers, page 280:
   • Aw graped my way out i' the dark, An' down the stairs aw scrafflel'd 1836, William Stephenson Jr, Punch and Toby:
5. (Hong-Kong) To envy (from sour grapes).

Forms

grape en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɡɹæɪp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɡɹep/ (Scotland)
• grāp
• /ɡɹeɪp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From rape, influenced by grape.

Meanings

1. (Internet, countable, euphemistic, uncountable) Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

Forms

Relateds

grapist

Synonyms

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grape en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɡɹæɪp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ɡɹep/ (Scotland)
• grāp
• /ɡɹeɪp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From rape, influenced by grape.

Meanings

1. (Internet, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

Forms

Synonyms

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