Dictionary Definition
grapevine
Noun
1 gossip spread by spoken communication; "the
news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: pipeline, word of
mouth]
2 any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis
bearing clusters of edible berries [syn: grape]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Translations
the plant on which grapes grow
- Czech: vinná réva
- Finnish: viiniköynnös
- French: vigne
- German: Weinstock
- Greek, Ancient: άμπελος
- Greek, Modern: κλήμα, αμπέλι
- Italian: vite
- Polish: winorośl
- Portuguese: videira
- Spanish: vid, parra
source of gossip
- Finnish: puskaradio, hevosmiesten uutistoimisto
- Italian: tam-tam
Extensive Definition
Grapevine can refer to several things:
- Plants of the genus Vitis
- Grapevine (dance move), a step pattern in several dances
- Grapevine (disk magazine), an Amiga disk magazine produced by the demoscene group "LSD" in the early-to-mid 1990s
- Grapevine (gossip), term often used to describe a form of informal communication
- Grapevine (hold), A grappling hold where one or both legs are used to entangle an opponent's leg, for instance from the mounted position
- Grapevine (knot), a knot to tie two ropes or two ends of the same rope together
- Grapevine (television show), a television show
- The Reykjavik Grapevine, an English language Icelandic magazine
- Places in the United States:
- The Grapevine: A steep portion of the Ridge Route linking the Los Angeles Basin with the San Joaquin Valley; see Grapevine, California
- Grapevine, California, a village at the base of The Grapevine on the Ridge Route
- Grapevine, Texas
- Grapevine, Arkansas near Sheridan, Arkansas
- Grapevine Canyon, several
- Grapevine, West Virginia a hollow in Appalachia and the subject of the eponymous book of photographs by Susan Lipper
grapevine in German: Grapevine
grapevine in French: Grapevine
grapevine in Volapük: Grapevine
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adviser, algae, announcer, annunciator, authority, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, bruit, bush telegraph, buzz, canard, channel, climber, common talk, communicant, communicator, conferva, confervoid, creeper, cry, diatom, enlightener, expert witness,
fern, flying rumor, fruits
and vegetables, fucus,
fungus, gossip, gossipmonger, grapevine
telegraph, green algae, gulfweed, hearsay, herb, heterophyte, idea afloat,
informant, information
center, information medium, informer, interviewee, ivy, kelp, latrine rumor, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, monitor, moss, mouthpiece, mushroom, news stirring,
newsmonger, notifier, on-dit, parasite, parasitic plant,
pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, pipeline, planktonic algae,
plant families, press,
public relations officer, publisher, puffball, pulse, radio, red algae, report, reporter, rockweed, roorback, rumble, rumor, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, scuttlebutt, sea lentil, sea
moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, source, spokesman, succulent, talk, television, teller, tipster, toadstool, tout, town talk, unconfirmed
report, vetch, vine, whisper, witness, wort, wrack