grape
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grape¹
- /ɡɹeɪp/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɡɹæɪp/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ɡɹep/ Scotland
Rhymes with -eɪp
Where it comes from
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.
noun grapes
- 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.
- Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine. wild grape covering the back slope
- 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
- A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes. For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
- Clipping of grapeshot men mowed down by grape
- A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
- A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft. I was horrified to see three grapes standing by the aircraft with the hose still connected.
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A person's head.
Similar: bean, beaner, belfry, block, bonce, brainbox, brain bucket, calabash, dome, head, loaf, lolly
adjective more grape · most grape
- Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
- Of a dark purplish red colour.
verb grapes · graping · graped
- To pick grapes. I used to go graping and blackberrying and blueberrying.
- 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.
- To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance. 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.
- To grope. Lang, lang I sought and graped for my pack, Till night and hunger forced me to come back.
- To envy (from sour grapes).
grape²
- /ɡɹeɪp/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɡɹæɪp/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ɡɹep/ Scotland
Rhymes with -eɪp
Where it comes from
From rape, influenced by grape.
noun grapes
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Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.
Similar: 🍇
verb grapes · graping · graped
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Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.
Similar: 🍇
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: grapevine, muscadine, raisin, viticulture, vineyard, chardonnay, winemaking, wine, vine, berry, uva, phylloxera, weevil, mash, yummy, cluster
Translations
Every language
noun fruit
| Español | uva, malvasía, masvale |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포도 podo |
| 日本語 | 葡萄 budō, 葡萄 ebi, グレープ gurēpu |
| 中文 | 葡萄 pútáo, 提子 tízi |
| हिन्दी | अंगूर aṅgūr, दाख dākh, द्राक्षा drākṣā |
| Kiswahili | zabibu |
| Português | uva |
| Français | grain de raisin |
| Deutsch | Traube, Weintraube, Weinbeere |
| Italiano | acino d'uva, uva |
| Ελληνικά | σταφύλι stafýli |
| Română | strugure |
| Русский | виногра́дина vinográdina, виногра́д vinográd |
| Tiếng Việt | (trái, quả) nho |
| العربية | عِنَب ʕinab |
| עברית | עֵנָב, עֲנָבָה |
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title = {grape},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grape},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
