ˈgrāp noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French crape, grape hook, grape stalk, bunch of grapes, grape, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crappe hook, Old High German krapfo, krāpfo — more at crave
1.
a. : a smooth-skinned juicy berry ranging in color from green or white to deep red, purple, or black and in shape from globose to narrowly oblong that since ancient times has been eaten both dried and fresh as a fruit and has been fermented to produce wine — see raisin
b. : the fermented juice of the grape : wine
their hearts were expanding under the grape — L.D.Lewis
2. : any of numerous woody plants that constitute the genus Vitis, usually climb by means of tendrils, produce clustered fruits that are grapes, are nearly cosmopolitan in cultivation, and include many cultivated hybrids and horticultural varieties derived from New and Old World species (as V. vinifera, V. rotundifolia, and V. labrusca ) — called also grapevine ; see fox grape , muscadine , wine grape
3.
a. grapes plural : a cluster of raw red nodules of granulation tissue in the hollow of the fetlock of horses that is characteristic of advanced or chronic grease heels
b. also grape disease grapes plural but usually singular in construction : tuberculous disease of the pleura in cattle
4. : grapeshot
5. : plum purple 2