A1verb · intransitive · rare

grape

grape · grapes · graped · graping

To pick grapesTo pick grapes.

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/ɡɹeɪp/

» These grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.

Die Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann. — Wolf

Diese Weinbeeren sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann. — al_ex_an_der

Этот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть. — Balamax

Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти. — ascolto

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Meaning

6 senses

To pick grapes.
Of livestock, to develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
(Northern UK)To grope.
(Hong Kong)To envy (from sour grapes).
(Internet, euphemistic)Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

Examples

222 sentences

These grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.
Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти. — ascolto
ruЭтот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть. — Balamax
deDie Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann. — Wolf
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The grapes are sour.
Виноград кислий. — bicolino34
ruВиноград кислый. — Hellerick
deDie Trauben sind sauer. — Manfredo
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Raisins are dried grapes.
Родзинки — це сушений виноград. — deniko
ruИзюм – это высушенный виноград. — fjay69
deRosinen sind getrocknete Weintrauben. — MUIRIEL
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Wine is made from grapes.
Вино роблять з винограду. — deniko
ruВино делается из винограда. — marafon
deWein wird aus Trauben hergestellt. — Vortarulo
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He makes wine from grapes.
Він робить вино з винограду. — deniko
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or

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.

From rape, influenced by grape.

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