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grape

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See also: grapé

English

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A bunch of grapes (sense 1).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: grāp, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪp/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪp

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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grape (countable and uncountable, plural grapes)

  2. (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
    Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
    wild grape covering the back slope
  4. (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
    sea grape; tail grape
  5. (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.
    grape:  
  6. (uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.
    men mowed down by grape
  7. (pathology) A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
  8. (US, naval slang) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
    • 1998, Approach, volume 43, number 10, page 10:
      I was horrified to see three grapes standing by the aircraft with the hose still connected.
  9. (US, slang, colloquial, African-American Vernacular) A person's head.
Hypernyms
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Hyponyms
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(fruit and vines of genus Vitis):

(plants of other genera):

Derived terms
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Adjective

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grape (comparative more grape, superlative most grape)

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

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grape (third-person singular simple present grapes, present participle graping, simple past and past participle graped)

  1. To pick grapes.
    • 1973, Nancy Safford, Time's Island; Portraits of the Vineyard, page 35:
      I used to go graping and blackberrying and blueberrying.
  2. (of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
    • 1856, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons, Reports from Committees, page 138:
      Some are called ticked; some have the milk fever; some have worm-'ith-tail ; some are graped ; others are broken-up old cows.
    • 1891, Public Health - Volume 4, page 249:
      The lungs were in a bad condition, hard in places, and lumpy and badly graped.
    • 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:
      Do I understand that the carcases of the graped cows, to which you refer, were used for food ?
  3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
    • 1932, Kenneth Slessor, Cuckooz Contrey:
      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.
    • 1991, Desheng Li, Tectonic types of oil and gas basins in China, page 162:
      Some small graped pisolitic textures are primary but not important.
    • 2012, K. Subramanian, Lead-free Solders: Materials Reliability for Electronics, →ISBN, page 169:
      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.
  4. (dialect, north, UK) To grope.
    • 1780, Alexander Wilson, A Pedlar's Story:
      Lang, lang I sought and graped for my pack, Till night and hunger forced me to come back.
    • 1836, William Stephenson Jr, Punch and Toby:
      Aw graped my way out i' the dark, An' down the stairs aw scrafflel'd
    • 1836, Walter Scott, The antiquary, page 56:
      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 ;
    • 1881, Robert Burns, The Two Lawyers, page 280:
      'Till in a declamation mist, His argument he tint it; He gapéd for't, he graped for't, He fand it was awa, man;
  5. (dialect, Hong Kong) To envy (derived from "sour grapes" idiom).
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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grape (countable and uncountable, plural grapes)

  1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.
    Synonym: 🍇

Verb

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grape (third-person singular simple present grapes, present participle graping, simple past and past participle graped)

  1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.
    Synonym: 🍇

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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Clipping of grapefrugt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡrɛjb/, [ɡ̊ʁɛjb̥], [ɡ̊ɹɛjb̥]

Noun

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grape c (singular definite grapen, plural indefinite graper)

  1. A grapefruit.

Inflection

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Declension of grape
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grape grapen graper graperne
genitive grapes grapens grapers grapernes

Synonyms

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Finnish

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Etymology

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< English grape

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯p/, [ˈɡre̞i̯p]
  • Rhymes: -eip

Noun

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grape

  1. (archaic) Synonym of greippi (“grapefruit”).

Declension

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Inflection of grape (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative grape grapet
genitive grapen grapejen
partitive grapea grapeja
illative grapeen grapeihin
singular plural
nominative grape grapet
accusative nom. grape grapet
gen. grapen
genitive grapen grapejen
grapein rare
partitive grapea grapeja
inessive grapessa grapeissa
elative grapesta grapeista
illative grapeen grapeihin
adessive grapella grapeilla
ablative grapelta grapeilta
allative grapelle grapeille
essive grapena grapeina
translative grapeksi grapeiksi
abessive grapetta grapeitta
instructive — grapein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of grape (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative grapeni grapeni
accusative nom. grapeni grapeni
gen. grapeni
genitive grapeni grapejeni
grapeini rare
partitive grapeani grapejani
inessive grapessani grapeissani
elative grapestani grapeistani
illative grapeeni grapeihini
adessive grapellani grapeillani
ablative grapeltani grapeiltani
allative grapelleni grapeilleni
essive grapenani grapeinani
translative grapekseni grapeikseni
abessive grapettani grapeittani
instructive — —
comitative — grapeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative grapesi grapesi
accusative nom. grapesi grapesi
gen. grapesi
genitive grapesi grapejesi
grapeisi rare
partitive grapeasi grapejasi
inessive grapessasi grapeissasi
elative grapestasi grapeistasi
illative grapeesi grapeihisi
adessive grapellasi grapeillasi
ablative grapeltasi grapeiltasi
allative grapellesi grapeillesi
essive grapenasi grapeinasi
translative grapeksesi grapeiksesi
abessive grapettasi grapeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — grapeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative grapemme grapemme
accusative nom. grapemme grapemme
gen. grapemme
genitive grapemme grapejemme
grapeimme rare
partitive grapeamme grapejamme
inessive grapessamme grapeissamme
elative grapestamme grapeistamme
illative grapeemme grapeihimme
adessive grapellamme grapeillamme
ablative grapeltamme grapeiltamme
allative grapellemme grapeillemme
essive grapenamme grapeinamme
translative grapeksemme grapeiksemme
abessive grapettamme grapeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — grapeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative grapenne grapenne
accusative nom. grapenne grapenne
gen. grapenne
genitive grapenne grapejenne
grapeinne rare
partitive grapeanne grapejanne
inessive grapessanne grapeissanne
elative grapestanne grapeistanne
illative grapeenne grapeihinne
adessive grapellanne grapeillanne
ablative grapeltanne grapeiltanne
allative grapellenne grapeillenne
essive grapenanne grapeinanne
translative grapeksenne grapeiksenne
abessive grapettanne grapeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — grapeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative grapensa grapensa
accusative nom. grapensa grapensa
gen. grapensa
genitive grapensa grapejensa
grapeinsa rare
partitive grapeaan
grapeansa 		grapejaan
grapejansa
inessive grapessaan
grapessansa 		grapeissaan
grapeissansa
elative grapestaan
grapestansa 		grapeistaan
grapeistansa
illative grapeensa grapeihinsa
adessive grapellaan
grapellansa 		grapeillaan
grapeillansa
ablative grapeltaan
grapeltansa 		grapeiltaan
grapeiltansa
allative grapelleen
grapellensa 		grapeilleen
grapeillensa
essive grapenaan
grapenansa 		grapeinaan
grapeinansa
translative grapekseen
grapeksensa 		grapeikseen
grapeiksensa
abessive grapettaan
grapettansa 		grapeittaan
grapeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — grapeineen
grapeinensa

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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grape f pl

  1. inflection of grapă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

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Verb

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grape

  1. inflection of grapar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Etymology

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Clipping of grapefrukt.

Noun

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grape c

  1. grapefruit
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