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# grapevine

noun (grapevines)

«grapevine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. a climbing plant that grows grapes on its stems [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#m1)
2. (informal) the way news and rumours spread from person to person [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a vine is a place to climb or rest: he reached the grapevine and his legs gave way

### Examples

- No sooner had he reached the grapevine than his legs cracked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#x1)
- Grapevines grow well in warm sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#x2)
- I heard the news on the grapevine at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

The vine, whose fruit is forbidden to a Nazirite. Here the angel told Samson's mother to avoid all that comes from it.

**Interpretation.** This shows the Nazirite rules: no grape products, no cutting hair, no contact with the dead. Samson's mother kept them while she was pregnant, setting him apart from birth.

### Examples

- She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the grapevine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.' (Prophets JDG.13.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grapevine/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grapevine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grapevine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grapevine.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «grapevine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grapevine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grapevine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/grapevine.html) on Mova free.