GRAPES

"GRAPES" is a plural of: grape.

Date "GRAPES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Literature

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GRAPES

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Synonym: GRAPES

Dissuasion

Pretense; (untruth); put off, dust thrown in the eyes; blind; moonshine; mere pretext, shallow pretext; lame excuse, lame apology; tub to a whale; false plea, sour grapes; makeshift, shift, white lie; special pleading; (sophistry); soft sawder; (flattery).

Falsehood

Dissemble, dissimulate; feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe; play possum; play false, play a double game; coquet; act a part, play a part; affect; simulate, pass off for; counterfeit, sham, make a show of; malinger; say the grapes are sour.

Food

Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut.

Impossibility

Phrase: the grapes are sour; non possumus; non nostrum tantas componere lites; look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin; il a le mer _ boire.

Noun: impossibility; Adjective: what cannot, what can never be; sour grapes; hopelessness.

Crosswords: GRAPES

Greek grapes. (references; author: unknown)

Sour Grapes (1950)

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)

The Fox and the Grapes (1941)

Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915)

The Grapes of Wrath (1991)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh and Dried Grapes in Kenya (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Fresh and Dried Grapes Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Fresh and Dried Grapes Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for White Still Wine of Fresh Grapes (reference)

• The World Market for Wine Made from Fresh Grapes or Grape Must: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine (reference)

• Grapes into Wine: A Guide to Winemaking in America (reference)

• Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Grapes (reference)

• The American Wine Society Presents Growing Wine Grapes (reference)

• The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Grapes Of Death - Special Edition (reference)

• The Grapes of Wrath (reference)

• Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Grapes (reference)

• Grapes of Wrath (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Mierco Grapes Jacquard Tea Towels, Set of 2, Green (reference)

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A white plate on a tablecloth of white and lavender design. The plate contains a green apple, a curled orange peel, 3 orange slices and 3 purple grapes. Other purple grapes are scattered on the tablecloth. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

From an overhead angle, a slice of watermelon, scattered grapes and popcorn kernels are shown on a yellow and black plaid tabletop. Diagonal black letters read: "Choose Low-fat Snacks". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" September 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Pregnant woman eating strawberries, grapes, orange slices, and apple. Credit: CDC.

Glyen Holmes (left), NRCS Outreach Coordinator, and landowners discuss the health of vineyard. The landowner grows grapes and Christmas trees. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Landowners examines his muscadine grape crop. Fields markets his grapes at fresh markets. Muscadine is an American grape variety grown in the southeastern United States. [Slide 97CS3119]. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Landowner and Fred Johnson (right), NRCS District Conservationist, inspect the progress of vineyard in Mt. Pleasant, FL. Landowner farms 17 acres with 1/4 acre in grapes and the rest planted in corn and a variety of vegetable crops. [Slide 97CS3078]. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Drip irrigation on grapes in one of California's productive valleys. Credit: Lynn Betts.

District Conservationist Edward Romero demonstrates the use of a moisture meter as an aid in scheduling irrigations for grapes The system is based on gypsum blocks placed in the soil profile to monitor moisture content. Arriba County, New Mexico. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Sweet, juicy grapes, picked a the peak of ripeness, are one of nature's best-tasting treats. In vineyards, greenhouses, and laboratories, ARS scientists seek to bring even better grapes to your shopping cart tomorrow. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Flame Seedless grapes. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Patrick Tregenza..

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It made you think of dark purple because the grapes were dark purple that grew in Greece outside houses like white temples

Then the first tendrils of the grapes swelling from the old gnarled vines, cascade down to cover the trunks

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Health

They eat fish, grapes, nuts, crickets, mice, and other small animals. (references)

Many fruits and vegetables contain lots of water, too. They include melons, grapes, apples, oranges, tomatoes, lettuce, and celery. (references)

Business

Wheat, grain sorghum, groundnuts, sunflower seed, sugar cane, tobacco, hay and cotton, together with maize, are the most important field crops, while wine grapes, deciduous fruit, citrus, sub tropical fruit and vegetables are the main horticultural products. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

Weather conditions in 2000 were favorable to grapes and fruits. (references)

Guatemala

Consumption levels of grapes are higher during Christmas season. (references)

Venezuela

Apples, pears and grapes are the major imported fruits in the market. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRALIA

Concerns remain with Australia's restrictions on California table grapes, Florida citrus, stone fruit, chicken (fresh, cooked, and frozen), pork, apples, and corn. (references)

ALGERIA

U.S. wheat exports to Algeria dramatically decreased in the first half of 2001, partly as a result of commercial and inspection problems with several wheat shipments in the fall of 2000. There may be new opportunities for U.S. cereals exporters in the future, as the new reorientation of Algerian agriculture will result in more production of traditional crops such as olives and grapes, at the expense of cereal production. (references)

Trade

Mexico

NOM-120-SCFI-1996 for table grapes published on November 22, 1996 in the Diario Oficial. (references)

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Bunch of grapes

Expressions using "GRAPES": a bunch of grapes ♦ blackrot of grapes ♦ bunch of grapes ♦ cluster of grapes ♦ clustered like grapes ♦ crop of grapes ♦ dry rot of grapes ♦ fresh grapes ♦ grapes harvest ♦ grapes juice ♦ harvest grapes ♦ infectious degeneration of grapes ♦ loose grapes ♦ mixed grapes ♦ pick grapes ♦ rejected grapes ♦ ripe rot of grapes ♦ say the grapes are sour ♦ sour grapes ♦ wild grapes. Additional references.

Ending with "GRAPES": sea-grapes, sour-grapes.

Albanian

rrush. (various references)

Arabic 

‏أنواع العنب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

грозде. (various references)

Chinese 

萄 , 葡萄 (GRAPE), 葡 . (various references)

Czech

hrozny. (various references)

Danish

Guignardia (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), vinhvidraad (grape white rot, hail disease, ripe rot of grapes, white rot), vindruesortraad (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), vindruer (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), viftebladsvirose (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), sortråd (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), sortrød (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), sammenstikning (blend, blending, mixed grapes, mixed varieties), høst (autumn, fall, harvest), friske druer,spiselig og rosiner (fresh grapes, table and raisins), fremstilling af druevin og drikkevarer på basis af druevin (manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and of beverages based thereon), frasorterede druer (packing house culls, rejected grapes, rejects), druer til persning (grapes for wine-production, wine grape). (various references)

Dutch

zwarte rot (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), wijndruiven (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), versnijden in de kuip (mixed grapes, mixed varieties), verse druiven,tafel en rozijnen (fresh grapes, table and raisins), oogst (harvest), infectieuze degeneratie (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), druiven voor verwerking tot duivenmost of tot wijn (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), court-noué (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), black-rot (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), bereiding van wijn en van dranken op basis van wijn (manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and of beverages based thereon), afgekeurde druiven (packing house culls, rejected grapes, rejects). (various references)

Finnish

Guignardia bidwellii (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), viuhkalehtisyys (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), viljellä viiniä (cultivate vines, grow grapes), viininkorjuu (harvesting of grapes), viinin valmistus (manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and of beverages based thereon), viiniksi valmistettava rypäle (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), viiniköynnöksen mustamätä (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), sato (crop, harvest, yield), rypäleterttu (cluster of grapes), rypälesekoitus (mixed grapes, mixed varieties), pöytärypäleet ja rusinat (fresh grapes, table and raisins), infectious degeneration of grapes (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), hylätty rypäle (packing house culls, rejected grapes, rejects), fanleaf of grapevine (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes). (various references)

French

genre de raisins, raisin (grape). (various references)

German

Weintrauben (grape), Trauben (bunches of grapes). (various references)

Greek 

μελανή κηλίδωση (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), οινοποιήσιμα σταφύλια (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), οινοποιήσιμες σταφυλές (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), τρυγητός (crop of grapes, vintage), ανάμιξη διαφόρων ποικιλιών σταφυλιών (mixed grapes, mixed varieties), αγουρίδα (sour grape, sour grapes), λευκή σήψη της αμπέλου (grape white rot, hail disease, ripe rot of grapes, white rot), παραγωγή κρασιού και άλλων ποτών με βάση το κρασί (manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and of beverages based thereon), μολυσματικός εκφυλισμός της αμπέλου (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), BLACK-ROT (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), μελανή σήψη (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), κρασοστάφυλα (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), μέλαινα σήψις (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), σταφύλια οινοποιίας (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), σταφύλια που προορίζονται για οινοποίηση (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), σταφύλια νωπά,για επιτραπέζια ή σταφίδες (fresh grapes, table and raisins), συγκομιδή (crop, harvest), όμφαες εισίν (it's sour grapes), όμφακες εισί (sour grapes), όμφακες εισίν (it's sour grapes), μαύρη σαπίλα (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes). (various references)

Hebrew 

אשכול ענבים (cluster of grapes), אבשים (wild grapes), באושה (sour grapes). (various references)

Hungarian

szőlő (grape, vine). (various references)

Italian

uva (grape). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

葡萄 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぶどう (Bushido, martial arts, military arts). (various references)

Korean 

포도 (GRAPE). (various references)

Manx

shillishyn sharroo (sour grapes). (various references)

Pig Latin

apesgray.(various references)

Portuguese

safra (bearing, catch, crop, harvest), cacho de uvas (bunch of grapes), colheita (crop, harvest, harvest home, harvesting, kirn, lifting, picking), degenerescência infecciosa (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), escolha (adoption, assortment, choice, choose, election, option, pick, refusal, selection), indústria do vinho e das bebidas à base de vinho (manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and of beverages based thereon), no-curto (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), black-rot (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), produção (generation, origination, output, procreation, produce, product, production, productivity, turn-out, yield), vindima (harvest, vintage), trilha (cross-country, trail), urticado (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), uvas destinadas à preparação de vinho (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), uvas frescas (fresh grapes), uvas frescas,para mesa e para secar (fresh grapes, table and raisins), uvas para vinho (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), uvas para vinhos (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), podridão negra (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes). (various references)

Romanian

strugure (grape). (various references)

Romansch

iva. (various references)

Romany

dakh. (various references)

Russian 

мокрец (grease). (various references)

Scottish

paidrean (a cluster of grapes). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

grožđe. (various references)

Spanish

gangrena negra (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), granuja (cad, guttersnipe, loose grapes, ragamuffin, rascal), podredumbre negra de los uvas (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), black-rot (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), cosecha (agriculture yield, crop, harvest, harvesting, Ingathering, pick, picking, vintage, yield), court-noué (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), degeneración infecciosa (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), degeneración infecciosa de la vid (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), arrepollado (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), podredumbre blanca de la vid (grape white rot, hail disease, ripe rot of grapes, white rot), uvas limpias (fresh grapes), raquitismo de la vid (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), roña negra de la vid (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), rot negro (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), selección de uvas (packing house culls, rejected grapes, rejects), uvas de vinificación (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), uvas de vino (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), uvas frescas, de mesa y pasas (fresh grapes, table and raisins), industria del vino y de las bebidas a base de vino (manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and of beverages based thereon). (various references)

Swedish

vitröta hos vin (grape white rot, hail disease, ripe rot of grapes, white rot), vinvitröta (grape white rot, hail disease, ripe rot of grapes, white rot), vinskörd (vintage), vindruvsklase (bunch of grapes), torrbladvirus på vin (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), svartröta på vindruva (black rot, black-rot, blackrot of grapes, dry rot of grapes), surt (sour grapes), skörd (crop, crop plants, crops, harvest, yield), druvor (grapes for wine-production, wine grape), druvblandning (mixed grapes, mixed varieties). (various references)

Turkish

salkım (bunch, bunch of grapes, cluster, corymb, fascicle, fascicule, hand, raceme), üzüm salkımı (bunch of grapes). (various references)

Turkmen 

gelinbarmak (grapes (specifically). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trứng cá mực (sea grapes). (various references)

Welsh

grawnwin. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "GRAPES": grapeshot. (additional references)

Misspellings

"GRAPES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arapesh, egrapsen, garper, girapes, grabens, grakes, graped, grapic, grapies, grapis, grapo, grappis, greps, griapes, grupes, Grupos. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gapers, gasper, pagers, parges, sparge.

-1 letter: agers, apers, apres, asper, gaper, gapes, gears, grape, grasp, pager, pages, pares, parge, parse, peags, pears, prase, presa, rages, rapes, reaps, sager, sarge, spare, spear, sprag.

-2 letters: ager, ages, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, eras, ergs, gaes, gape, gaps, gars, gasp, gear, page, pare, pars, pase, peag, pear, peas, pegs, rage.

+1 letter: gaspers, gawpers, grasped, grasper, pargets, presage, sparged, sparger, sparges.

+2 letters: asperges, earplugs, epigrams, garpikes, grapiest, grapnels, grapples, graspers, graupels, peerages, pergolas, plaguers, portages, presaged, presager, presages, primages, pugarees, rampages, resprang, spargers, speargun, spearing, trepangs, upgrades, warpages.

+3 letters: amperages, arpeggios, aspersing, bagpipers, creepages, disparage, dognapers, dragropes, epigraphs, escarping, gallopers, gapeworms, gazumpers, grampuses, graperies, grapeshot, graphemes, graphites, grapiness, graplines, grapplers, graspable, gunpapers, leapfrogs, megaspore, packagers, palsgrave, paragoges, parridges, parsonage, passenger, pasturage, paygrades, pegboards, pellagras, personage, pharynges, pillagers, playgoers, preassign, presagers, presaging, progerias, prophages, puggarees, rampagers, relapsing, repassage, repassing, repasting, reshaping, respacing, respading, scrappage, serigraph, spanglier, spearguns, spreading, trapesing, umpirages, upgathers.