Grape

Definition: Grape

Grape

Noun

1. Any of various juicy purple- or green-skinned fruit of the genus Vitis; grow in clusters.

2. Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries.

Date "grape" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Etymology: Grape \Grape\, noun. [Old French expression grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, French grappe, akin to French grappin grapnel, hook; from Old High German. chrapfo hook, German krapfen, akin to English cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Compare to Agraffe, Cramp, Grapnel, Grapple.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Grape

Domain	Definition
Satire	GRAPE, n. Hail noble fruit! -- by Homer sung, Anacreon and Khayyam; Thy praise is ever on the tongue Of better men than I am. The lyre in my hand has never swept, The song I cannot offer: My humbler service pray accept -- I'll help to kill the scoffer. The water-drinkers and the cranks Who load their skins with liquor -- I'll gladly bear their belly-tanks And tap them with my sticker. Fill up, fill up, for wisdom cools When e'er we let the wine rest. Here's death to Prohibition's fools, And every kind of vine-pest! Jamrach Holobom. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Bible	Grape the fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine. Grapes are spoken of as "tender" (Cant. 2:13, 15), "unripe" (Job 15:33), "sour" (Isa. 18:5), "wild" (Isa. 5:2,4). (See Rev. 14:18; Micah 7:1; Jer. 6:9; Ezek. 18:2, for figurative use of the word.) (See VINE.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Food & Agriculture	Fruit of the vine. Source: European Union. (references)
	A berry(usually green, purple, or black)growing in clusters on a vine, used as fruit and in making wine. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang	Noun. Source: Refering to the purple uniform color. Definition: The naval aviator's term for an aircraft carrier's fuel handling personnel. Context: Might be used by an Air Boss (the chief orchestrator of movements on a aircraft carrier deck) to describe fuel handling personnel, as differentiated from others on deck dressed in differently-colored jumpsuits. Social Source: Military Aviators. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Arms	Missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot; balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket; congreve, congreve rocket; shrapnel, mitraille; levin bolt, levin brand; thunderbolt.
Attack	Fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting, broadside; raking fire, cross fire; volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Grape gravy (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) I look like Moby Grape. (Angus; writing credit: Jill Gordon) Hail, hail East Germany Land of fruit and grape Land where you'll regret If you try to escape No matter if you tunnel under or take a running jump at the wall Forget it, the guards will kill you, if the electrified fence doesn't first (Top Secret!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) If you took all the hair off of their combined chests, you wouldn't have enough to make a wig for a grape. (Finishing School; writing credit: Laird Doyle; David Hempstead) Just like grape. Understand (The Karate Kid; writing credit: Robert Mark Kamen)
Tongue Twisters	Ape Cakes, Grape Cakes. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Grape Nutty (1949) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Making Gilbert Grape (1993) The Great Grape Ape Show (1977)
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Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Unfermented Fruit, Grape Must and Vegetable Juices in New Caledonia (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Unfermented Fruit, Grape Must and Vegetable Juices Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Forecasts of Unfermented Fruit, Grape Must and Vegetable Juices Export Supplies (reference) The World Market for Unfermented Fruit, Grape Must and Vegetable Juices: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Fear of Wine: An Introductory Guide to the Grape (reference) Grape Cure (reference) Grape Growing (reference) Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry (reference) Shaun Ryder: Happy Mondays, Black Grape & Other Traumas (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Grape Crush Report Bulletin (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Jancis Robinson's Wine Course - Fizz and Grape Invaders (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Moby Grape (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Kodak Dc240I 1.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom, Grape (reference) Vivitar CV-24 APS Camera, Grape (reference) Game Boy Color - Grape (reference) N64 Console Funtastic Series: Grape (reference) N64 Grape Controller (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	KitchenAid KSM150PSGP Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer, Grape (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	(4) color slides show different types of juice. (1) carton of orange juice next to a full glass of orange juice, (1) glass container of tomato juice next to a full glass of tomato juice, (1) carton of lemonade next to a full glass of lemonade, (1) container of grape juice next to a full glass of grape juice. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).		Drip irrigation delivers small amounts of water to young grape vines in California's Imperial Valley. This type of irrigation is highly efficient because it delivers small amounts of water over a long period of time and greatly reduces evaporation of irri. Credit: Tim McCabe.
	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.		This Concord grape plant was successfully regenerated from a bud that had been cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen for several months. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..
	Autumn Royal, a new seedless grape. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Bob Nichols..		Medium shot of Oregon Grape bloom. Credit: John Craig.
	Tall Oregon Grape (Berbis aquifolium) at Shady Cove near the Rogue River. Credit: Terry Tuttle.		John Brown, M.D. / Donaldson pinxt. Grape sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	"Jury Rudder for the Nipsic. 22 feet-long, with Bollards filled with grape shot for weights. Made at Apia, it worked satisfactorily on a voyage of over 3000 miles from Pango-Pango -- to Fanning Island and Honolulu -- called by the sailors The 'Admiral's Fiddle'" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane, photographed against the text of one of the journal's pages. It shows the jury rudder made for USS Nipsic. Credit: NAVY.		Aerial view of Death Valley Scotty's Castle - Grape Vine Canyon. Credit: Library of Congress.
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"GRAPE GRAZING" by Victor Silkin Commentary: "GRAPE GRAZING Australia, Melbounre. The concept is visting 3 Wineyard all over Victoria Great drinking session."	"Grape Vines in Winter" by Christie Ortiz Commentary: "The grape vines on our back deck after it snowed."
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Author	Quotation
Charles Caleb Colton	The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
St. Jerome	For they wished to fill the winepress of eloquence not with the tendrils of mere words but with the rich grape juice of good sense.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Inexhaustible in grape, they kept up an explosion in the midst of their assailants
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The sun cleared the fruit trees now and the grape leaves were golden green on the vines
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Drink cool, clear, unsweetened fruit juices, such as apple or grape juice or light-colored sodas such as ginger ale that have lost their fizz and do not have caffeine. (references)
		Some changes in eating habits may be necessary too. Your child should eat more high-fiber foods to soften stool, avoid dairy products if they cause constipation, and drink plenty of fluids every day, including water and juices like prune, grape, or apricot, which help prevent constipation. (references)
Business		The most important irrigated fruit producers of South America are located here, with 12,000 hectares of irrigated cultures, mainly grape, mango, pineapple, guava, melon, passion fruit and papaya. (references)
		The demand for viticulture equipment has remained stable over the past several years, and should continue to be stable in 2000. Grape harvesting equipment had a good year in 1999, with automatic machine sales up 13% and sales of towed machines in slight decline. (references)
		The agricultural industry contributes 1.5 percent to the state’s GDP. The State has extensive valleys where high tech agricultural methods are used to grow vegetables, grape, cotton, fruits, fodder, and grains in San Quintin, Ensenada and the Mexicali Valley in Mexicali. (references)
Economic History	Guatemala	Chile is the United States' closest grape competitor. (references)
	Venezuela	An exception is grape juice, concentrate, and must with a 10 percent ad valorem duty. (references)
	Taiwan	Taiwan continues to be one of the U.S. grape industry's most significant export markets. (references)
Trade	Switzerland	Products under these restrictions include cattle, meat, milk and dairy products, indigenous fresh fruit and vegetables, seasonal cut flowers, cereals and forage products, wine and grape juice. (references)
	Moldova	The imports and sales of vodka, liqueurs and other alcoholic drink; grape, fruit and berry wine; sparkling wine; brandy and cognac; tobacco products, coffee, perfumes and furs are allowed by customs and fiscal bodies if they were marked with excise stamps during their production. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of moderation. Hail, high Excess -- especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me -- My skull thy pulpit, as my paunch thy shrine. Precept on precept, aye, and line on line, Could ne'er persuade so sweetly to agree With reason as thy touch, exact and free, Upon my forehead and along my spine. At thy command eschewing pleasure's cup, With the hot grape I warm no more my wit; When on thy stool of penitence I sit I'm quite converted, for I can't get up. Ungrateful he who afterward would falter To make new sacrifices at thine altar!
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Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.98%	225	20,080
Noun (proper)	1.72%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.86%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	0.43%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	232	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "grape".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Anab	N/A	Biblical	A grape
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "grape": bear's grape ♦ belt the grape ♦ Black Hamburg grape ♦ bullace grape ♦ cabernet Sauvignon grape ♦ chardonnay grape ♦ common grape hyacinth ♦ common grape vine ♦ concord grape ♦ daisyleaf grape fern ♦ fox grape ♦ Frost grape ♦ grape arbor ♦ grape arbour ♦ grape basket ♦ Grape borer ♦ grape crusher ♦ Grape curculio ♦ Grape Cure ♦ grape fern ♦ Grape flower ♦ grape fruit ♦ Grape fungus ♦ grape harvest ♦ Grape hopper ♦ grape hyacinth ♦ grape jam ♦ grape jelly ♦ grape juice ♦ grape leaf folder ( desmia funeralis ) ♦ grape leaf hoppers ♦ grape leaf skeletonizer ( harrisina americana ( U. S. A. ) ♦ grape leaves ♦ grape louse ♦ grape mill ♦ Grape moth ♦ grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol ♦ Grape of a cannon ♦ grape phylloxera ♦ grape picker ♦ grape pip ♦ grape powdery mildew ♦ grape preserve ♦ grape secateurs ♦ grape seed ♦ Grape Seed Extract ♦ grape shears ♦ Grape Skin ♦ grape sugar ♦ grape syrup ♦ grape vine ♦ grape white rot ♦ Grape worm ♦ Isabella grape ♦ leathery grape fern ♦ machine for separating grape seed from marc ♦ mountain grape ♦ muscat grape ♦ mustard grape ♦ oregon grape ♦ Oregon holly grape ♦ pinot grape ♦ Sauvignon grape ♦ sea grape ♦ sour grape ♦ stuffed grape leaves ♦ vinifera grape ♦ western grape root worm ♦ whiff of the grape ♦ wine grape. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "grape": grape-clutches, grape-fruit, grape-green, grape-harvesting, grape-harvesting time, grape-leaf begonia, grape-nuts, grape-pickers, grape-picking, grape-pip, grape-purple, grape-scissors, grape-seed, grape-shot, grape-sized, grape-stone, grape-treading, grape-vine, grape-vine telegraph.
	Ending with "grape": sea-grape.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "grape"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		druif. (various references)

Albanian		hardhi (grape vine, vine). (various references)

Arabic		‏كرمة (grape vine, vine), ‏معنقد (conglomerate, paniculate, tufted, tufty), ‏عنقودي (clustered like grapes, indeterminate), ‏عنب. (various references)

Asturian		uva. (various references)

Basque		mahats. (various references)

Bavarian		draum. (various references)

Blackfoot		iimatáípakkihkaa. (various references)

Bulgarian		гроздово зрънце, гроздов (racemic). (various references)

Catalan		raîm. (various references)

Cebuano		ubas. (various references)

Chamorro		ubas. (various references)

Chinese		葡萄 . (various references)

Cornish		grappa. (various references)

Czech		zrnko vína. (various references)

Danish		vindrue. (various references)

Dutch		druif (acinus, berry, trunnion). (various references)

Esperanto		vinbero. (various references)

Faeroese		vínber, rosina (raisin). (various references)

Farsi		مو (Grapevine, Hair, Wool), انگور. (various references)

Finnish		viinirypäle (berry), rypäle (spray). (various references)

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	acinum, acinus, ahavva, botri, botro, botros, botrum, botrus, botrys, uva, uvae, uvam, uvas, uvasque, VITIS TILIAEFOLIA, Vitis vinifera. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	grape. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
grape	1,474	grape pruning	49
grape of wrath	581	grape nut	46
grape vine	305	grape of wrath character	46
grape seed extract	271	moby grape	45
growing grape	232	stuffed grape leaf	43
grape vine wisconsin	132	concord grape	41
wine grape	128	grape variety	41
grape picture	105	grape tomato	41
grape seed	104	calorie grape	39
whats eating gilbert grape	98	grape disease	36
grape arbor	87	grape vine pruning	36
grape ape	85	oregon grape root	36
grape leaf	84	the grape street pub	35
agriculture grape	63	clipart grape	35
grow grape	62	chicken grape salad	33
20 20 caribbean depp disney edward elizabeth gilbert grape johnny paradis pirate scissorhands vanessa vargas	59	art clip grape	32
grape plant	55	calorie grape in	31
oregon grape	54	grape of wrath summary	30
grape juice	53	planting grape	28
grape seed oil	51	sea grape	28
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Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Desmeuwn proV ampelon ton pwlon autou kai th eliki ton pwlon thV onou autou plunei en oinw thn stolhn autou kai en aimati stafulhV thn peribolhn autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ligans ad vineam pullum suum et ad vitem o fili mi asinam suam lavabit vino stolam suam et sanguine uvae pallium suum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And to a vyn, O! my sone, his she asse; he shal wasshe in wyne his stoole, and in blood of a grape his mantil;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	He shall bynde his fole vnto the vine and his asses colt vnto the vyne braunche ad shall wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloud of grapes
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "grape": grapefruit, grapefruits, grapelike, graperies, grapery, grapes, grapeshot, grapevine, grapevines, grapey. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Grape" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egrapsen, gapen, gapi, garp, garper, goape, graaple, Grabe, Grabke, grae, grafe, grage, graie, grake, gralen, grampa, granpa, grap, graped, graphe, grapic, graple, grapo, grapp, grappi, graspen, Graue, greap, grep, grepo, Grimpe, Gripen, gripey, gropee, Groppi, groppo, grp, grrap, grup, grupe, grupo, Gruppi, guapa, guapo, guappo, Orapa, Rrapo. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "grape" (pronounced grā"p)
3	-r ā" p	crepe, drape, rape, scrape.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gaper, pager, parge.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-p-r"
	-1 letter: ager, aper, gape, gear, page, pare, peag, pear, rage, rape, reap.
	-2 letters: age, ape, are, ear, era, erg, gae, gap, gar, par, pea, peg, per, rag, rap, reg, rep.
	-3 letters: ae, ag, ar, er, pa, pe, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-p-r"
	+1 letter: gapers, gasper, gawper, grapes, grapey, pagers, parged, parges, parget, sparge.
	+2 letters: earplug, epigram, gappier, garpike, gaspers, gawpers, grapery, graphed, grapier, grapnel, grapple, grasped, grasper, graupel, parerga, pargets, peerage, pergola, plaguer, portage, pranged, preaged, pregame, presage, primage, pugaree, rampage, reaping, sparged, sparger, sparges, trepang, upgrade, warpage.
	+3 letters: amperage, arpeggio, asperges, bagpiper, capering, creepage, dognaper, dragrope, earplugs, epigrams, epigraph, galloper, gapeworm, garpikes, gazumper, grapheme, graphite, grapiest, grapline, grapnels, grappled, grappler, grapples, graspers, graupels, gunpaper, leapfrog, packager, papering, paragoge, parergon, pargeted, parridge, paygrade, pearling, peerages, pegboard, pellagra, pergolas, perigeal, perigean, pillager, plaguers, playgoer, portaged, portages, pregnant, prelegal, presaged, presager, presages, primages, progeria, prograde, prophage, pterygia, pugarees, puggaree, rampaged, rampager, rampages, repaving, repaying, resprang, retaping, spargers, speargun, spearing, tapering, trepangs, umpirage, upgather, upgraded, upgrades, warpages.
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Grape

Definition: Grape

Grape

Noun

Specialty Definition: Grape

Specialty Definition: Grape

Synonym: Grape

Synonyms within Context: Grape

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Attack

Crosswords: Grape

Modern Usage: Grape

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Charles Caleb Colton

St. Jerome

Use in Literature: Grape

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Grape

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

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Derived & Related Names: Grape

Expression: Grape

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Grape

Modern Translation: Grape

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