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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes,
F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo
hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have
come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe, Cramp,
Grapnel, Grapple.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent
clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are
smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in
great quantities for table use and for making wine and
raisins.
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2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
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3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
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4. (Mil.) Grapeshot.
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Grape borer. (Zo["o]l.) See Vine borer.
Grape curculio (Zo["o]l.), a minute black weevil
({Craponius in[ae]qualis) which in the larval state eats
the interior of grapes.
Grape flower, or
Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari
racemosum) with small blue globular flowers in a dense
raceme.
Grape+fungus+(Bot.),+a+fungus+({Oidium+Tuckeri" rel="nofollow">Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus ({Oidium Tuckeri) on
grapevines; vine mildew.
Grape hopper (Zo["o]l.), a small yellow and red hemipterous
insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the
grapevine.
Grape+moth+(Zo["o]l.),+a+small+moth+({Eudemis+botrana" rel="nofollow">Grape moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth ({Eudemis botrana),
which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and
often binds them together with silk.
Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech.
Grape sugar. See Glucose.
Grape worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the grape moth.
Sour grapes, things which persons affect to despise because
they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's
fable of the fox and the grapes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
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All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
--Bacon.
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2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
musty, turned.
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3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
countenance.'' --Swift.
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He was a scholar . . .
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
--Shak.
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4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.'' --Shak.
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5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
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Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
Sour grapes. See under Grape.
Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
tree ({Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
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Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
crabbed; currish; peevish.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
--Bacon.
2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
musty, turned.
3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. ``A sour
countenance.'' --Swift.
He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
loved him not, But to those men that sought him
sweet as summer. --Shak.
4. Afflictive; painful. ``Sour adversity.'' --Shak.
5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia
Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees
bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
Sour grapes. See under Grape.
Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
tree ({Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
crabbed; currish; peevish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes,
F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo
hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have
come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe, Cramp,
Grapnel, Grapple.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent
clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are
smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in
great quantities for table use and for making wine and
raisins.
2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
4. (Mil.) Grapeshot.
Grape borer. (Zo["o]l.) See Vine borer.
Grape curculio (Zo["o]l.), a minute black weevil
({Craponius in[ae]qualis) which in the larval state eats
the interior of grapes.
Grape flower, or
Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari
racemosum) with small blue globular flowers in a dense
raceme.
Grape+fungus+(Bot.),+a+fungus+({Oidium+Tuckeri" rel="nofollow">Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus ({Oidium Tuckeri) on
grapevines; vine mildew.
Grape hopper (Zo["o]l.), a small yellow and red hemipterous
insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the
grapevine.
Grape+moth+(Zo["o]l.),+a+small+moth+({Eudemis+botrana" rel="nofollow">Grape moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth ({Eudemis botrana),
which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and
often binds them together with silk.
Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech.
Grape sugar. See Glucose.
Grape worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the grape moth.
Sour grapes, things which persons affect to despise because
they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's
fable of the fox and the grapes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sour grapes
n : disparagement of something that is unattainable
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sour grapes
n.
1 (lb en literally) grapes that have an acidic taste, usually because
they are unripe.
2 (lb en idiomatic) Things that somebody pretends to despise because
they cannot obtain or have them.
3 (lb en idiomatic) A put down or express of disdain about something
that one desires but cannot have.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
sour grapes
n.
1 (lb en literally) grapes that have an acidic taste, usually because
they are unripe.
2 (lb en idiomatic) Things that somebody pretends to despise because
they cannot obtain or have them.
3 (lb en idiomatic) A put down or express of disdain about something
that one desires but cannot have.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
sour grapes
n.
1 (lb en literally) grapes that have an acidic taste, usually because
they are unripe.
2 (lb en idiomatic) Things that somebody pretends to despise because
they cannot obtain or have them.
3 (lb en idiomatic) A put down or express of disdain about something
that one desires but cannot have.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
sour grapes
n.
1 (lb en literally) grapes that have an acidic taste, usually because
they are unripe.
2 (lb en idiomatic) Things that somebody pretends to despise because
they cannot obtain or have them.
3 (lb en idiomatic) A put down or express of disdain about something
that one desires but cannot have.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
sour grapes /sˈaʊə ɡɹˈeɪps/
kyselé hrozny
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
sour grapes /sˈaʊə ɡɹˈeɪps/
αγουρίδα, όμφακες εισί
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
sour grapes /sˈaʊə ɡɹˈeɪps/
1. [[raaka|raa’at]] viinirypäleet
acid grapes
2. happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista
expression of disdain for something one cannot have
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
sour grapes! /sˈaʊə ɡɹˈeɪps/
savanyú a szôlô!
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
sour grapes /sˈaʊə ɡɹˈeɪps/
負け惜しみ
expression of disdain for something one cannot have
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
sour grapes /sˈaʊə ɡɹˈeɪps/
surt sa räven
expression of disdain for something one cannot have
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "sour grapes":
acid, acidulant, belittling, bread-and-butter pickle, chokecherry,
comedown, contempt, crab apple, decrial, depreciation, derogation,
detraction, dill pickle, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace,
disparagement, faint praise, green apple, indignity, knocking,
lemon, lime, lukewarm support, minimizing, pickle, putting down,
slighting, sour, sour balls, sour cream, sour pickle, sourdough,
verjuice, vinegar, yogurt
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 酸葡萄
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