grape

Plural: grapes

Noun

An edible, juicy berry growing in clusters on a vine.
any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
Clipping of grapeshot.
A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
A person's head.
Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

Adj

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

Verb

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.
To grope.
To envy (derived from "sour grapes" idiom).
Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

Examples

Finding a spot for GRAPE allowed him to pluck a triple-word score in Words With Friends.
For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
men mowed down by grape
sea grape; tail grape
wild grape covering the back slope

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

grape vine, grapeshot, grapevine, bean, beaner, belfry, block, bonce, brain bucket, brainbox, dome, head, loaf, lolly, napper, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, sconce, skull, 🍇

Scrabble Score: 8

grape: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grape: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grape: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

grape: valid Words With Friends Word