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Definition: Grapevine |
GrapevineNoun1. Gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth". 2. Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grapevine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
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Computing | Grapevine A distributed system project. [Who? Where? Why?]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Grapevine is a city located in Tarrant County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 42,059.Part of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which serves the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, is inside the city limits of Grapevine.
On April 1, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde killed two young highway patrolmen near this town.
Geography
Grapevine is located at 32°56'6" North, 97°5'9" West (32.935025, -97.085784)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 92.9 km² (35.9 mi²). 83.6 km² (32.3 mi²) of it is land and 9.3 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.98% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 42,059 people, 15,712 households, and 11,312 families residing in the city. The population density is 503.1/km² (1,303.0/mi²). There are 16,486 housing units at an average density of 197.2/km² (510.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 88.16% White, 2.38% African American, 0.55% Native American, 2.56% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 4.58% from other races, and 1.69% from two or more races. 11.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 15,712 households out of which 42.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% are married couples living together, 9.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% are non-families. 22.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 3.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.66 and the average family size is 3.14.
In the city the population is spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 99.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $71,680, and the median income for a family is $84,940. Males have a median income of $53,786 versus $38,844 for females. The per capita income for the city is $31,549. 4.8% of the population and 3.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.7% are under the age of 18 and 7.2% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Grapevine, Texas."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| GRAPES | English | Grapevine Remote-Sensing Analysis of Phylloxera Early Stress | Geography |
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Synonyms: GrapevineSynonyms: grape (n), pipeline (n), word of mouth (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Information | Phrase: a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Grapevine |
| English words defined with "grapevine": Fidia, Flea-beetle ♦ Grape hopper ♦ Hog caterpillar ♦ Plume moth, Procris ♦ Radiate-veined, Root louse, Rutilian ♦ Sea grape, Sympodium ♦ Vine beetle, Vine borer, Vine forester, Vine fretter, Vine grub, Vine hopper, Vine inchworm, Vine sawfly, Vine sorrel, Vine sphinx, Vine-leaf rooer ♦ Wood nymph, Wound gall. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I remember hearing through the grapevine, that your mother was going to have dinner at Chuck Pacarello's (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Lyrics | I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine (I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) Baby I heard it through the grapevine ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; performing artist: Marvin Gaye) Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine. (Set the controls for the heart of the sun; performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Grapevine (2000) | |
Song Titles | I Heard It Through The Grapevine (performing artist: Gladys Knight and The Pips) I Heard it Through the Grapevine (performing artist: Marvin Gaye) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fox and raven by grapevine. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chickahominy River, Va. Grapevine bridge built May 27-28, 1862, by the 5th New Hampshire Infantry under Col. Edward E. Cross. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Grapevine Cottage, home of] original grower of Concord grapes, Concord, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Above the Grapevine" by Elisabeth Howe Commentary: "A bright green grapevine against a brilliant blue sky." | "Electric Meter" by Lisa McDonald Commentary: "Electric meter obscured with trellis and grapevine." |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | You may have heard through the grapevine that the Republicans are going to produce some TV ads to promote the Bush tax cut plan. |
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| "Grapevine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.42% of the time. "Grapevine" is used about 113 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.42% | 92 | 34,282 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.73% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.96% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (common) | 0.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 113 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Grapevine, AR 2. Grapevine, TX (city, FIPS 30644) |
Expressions using "grapevine": fanleaf of grapevine ♦ grapevine family ♦ grapevine pattern ♦ grapevine telegraph ♦ i heard it through the grapevine ♦ powdery mildew of grapevine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "grapevine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 葡萄树. (various references) | |
Czech | vinná réva (grape vine), šuškanda, šeptanda (bush telegraph). (various references) | |
Danish | vinstok (vine). (various references) | |
Dutch | wingerd (vine). (various references) | |
Esperanto | vito (vine). (various references) | |
Farsi | مو (Grape, Hair, Wool), تاک (Vine), شهرت (Attribute, Emprise, Esteem, Estimate, Fame, Notability, Odor, Renown, Report, Reputation), شایعه (Buzz, Hearsay), درخت انگور. (various references) | |
Finnish | viuhkalehtisyys (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), viinimäkikotilo (grapevine snail, large garden snail), viiniköynnöksenlehtihome (downy mildew of grapevine, grape downy mildew), viiniköynnöksen lehtien kuivuminen (drying-out of grapevine leaves), viiniköynnöksen härmä (grape powdery mildew, oidium, oidium powdery mildew ( uncinula necator, oidium Tuckeri ), powdery mildew, powdery mildew of grapevine), suorakulmainen kuivatusverkko (grapevine pattern, trellis drainage pattern), infectious degeneration of grapes (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), fanleaf of grapevine (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes). (various references) | |
French | vigne (grape vine). (various references) | |
Frisian | druvebeam (vine). (various references) | |
German | weinstock (vine). (various references) | |
Greek | κοχλίας ο χερσαίος (grapevine snail, large garden snail), σαλιγκάρι (snail), μολυσματικός εκφυλισμός της αμπέλου (court-noué, fan leaf, fanleaf of grapevine, infectious degeneration, infectious degeneration of grapes), περονόσπορος της αμπέλου (downy mildew of grapevine, grape downy mildew), ωΐδιο της αμπέλου (grape powdery mildew, oidium, powdery mildew, powdery mildew of grapevine), διάταξις υδρογραφικού δικτύου σχήματος αναδενδράδος (grapevine pattern, trellis drainage pattern), ίσκα αμπέλου (esca disease of grapevine). (various references) | |
Hebrew | גפן (vine). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szőlőtőke (vine), szájról szájra terjedő hír. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanaman anggur (vine). (various references) | |
Italian | vite (screw, vine). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 葡萄棚 (grapevine trellis). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶどうだな (grapevine trellis). (various references) | |
Manx | billey feeyney (vine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apevinegray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | videira (grape). (various references) | |
Russian | виноградная лоза (grape vine, vine). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vinova loza (grape vine, vine), nezvaničan izvor vesti (grape vine). (various references) | |
Spanish | parra (vine), vid (vine). (various references) | |
Swedish | vinstock (vine), vinranka (vine). (various references) | |
Turkish | söylenti (account, fame, hearsay, report, rumor, rumour, scuttlebutt, story, talk, whisper), rivayet (fame, narrative, rumor, rumour, story, tale), dedikodu gazetesi (grapevine telegraph, scandal sheet, smear sheet), dedikodu (dirt, gossip, grapevine telegraph, hearsay, report, rumor, rumour, scandal, scuttlebutt, tale, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, tittletattle), asma (halter, hanging, overhead, suspended, suspension, vine). (various references) | |
Yucatec | ak' (tongue, vine). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Helix pomatia, Oidium tuckeri, Ozonium omnivorum, Phumatotrichum omnivorum, Phymatotrichopsis omnivora, Plasmopara viticola, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum necator, Trechispora brinkmannii, Uncinula necator, vitis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "grapevine": grapevines. (additional references) | |
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"Grapevine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grapewine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "grapevine" (pronounced grā"pvī'n) |
| 3 | -v ī' n | bovine. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-n-p-r-v" | |
-1 letter: perigean, repaving. | |
-2 letters: avenger, engrave, epigean, peering, peeving, perinea, preeing, reaping, reaving, reeving, reginae, regiven, veering, vinegar. | |
-3 letters: avenge, earing, enrage, envier, gainer, genera, geneva, graven, greave, grieve, naiver, panier, pareve, paring, paving, peeing, pereia, pinger, rapine, raping, ravine, raving, reagin, regain, regave, regina, regive, repave, repine, rivage, vainer, veiner, venire. | |
-4 letters: aerie, agene. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-n-p-r-v" | |
+1 letter: grapevines. | |
+2 letters: overheaping, overleaping, preaverring. | |
+3 letters: apperceiving, overpedaling, privateering, venographies. | |
+4 letters: eavesdropping, overexpanding, overoperating, overpedalling, overspreading, perseverating. | |
+5 letters: hypervigilance, overexplaining, overpersuading, superelevating. | |
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