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# grapevine

«grapevine» in Mova's school dictionary: **a climbing plant that grows grapes on its stems** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (grapevines)

### meaning for a pupil

1) a climbing plant that grows grapes on its stems [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#x1)
- Grapevines grow well in warm sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#x2)
- I heard the news on the grapevine at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grapevine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grapevine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.