Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
grapevine .
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Examples
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Why, when the roses need pruning, the grapevines are a tangle?
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Hip-to-hip, Mann then "grapevines," or wraps one of his legs around his opponent's.
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Hip-to-hip, Mann then "grapevines," or wraps one of his legs around his opponent's.
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On second thought, hats off to organic farmers and their fields of meter tall weeds (while they may be a harvester's hell on earth, weeds are a sign that the grapevines have been spared ofherbicides).
Harvest 2010
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Hidden behind my row of grapevines, I laughed at their jokes ... and longed for their freedom -- or natural expression -- the kind that comes when we are outward focused and not gazing inward, ever questioning.
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The Macedonian army climbed out of the deserts and over the high Elburz Mountains towards a semi-tropical paradise full of fig trees, grapevines, and fields of grain.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Beyond the town the ground was black from the eroded rubble of ancient mountains, but the town itself was much like Siwa, with abundant fruit trees, grapevines, and fields of wheat.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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This might entail scheduling in another speaking event today ... or practicing, before my audience (of dogs and grapevines ...) my next speech.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Specifically in Afghanistan farmers are learning that it is more profitable to plant grapevines than opium poppy.
Morris Ruskin: Sweeter Than Wine Morris Ruskin 2011
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This might entail scheduling in another speaking event today ... or practicing, before my audience (of dogs and grapevines ...) my next speech.
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