grapevine

Everyday

1. a climbing plant that grows grapes on its stems tree →
2. (informal) the way news and rumours spread from person to person tree →

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 →
• Grapevines grow well in warm sun. tree →
• I heard the news on the grapevine at school. tree →

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 →

Note

nothing for maths