vine

/vaɪn/
noun
  1. A plant with a long, thin stem that grows along the ground or climbs up walls, trees, or other supports.
    • The gardener trained the vine to grow up the trellis.
    • Ivy is a common vine that covers the walls of old buildings.
    • The grape vine in our backyard produces sweet fruit every summer.
  2. The stem of a climbing plant, especially a grapevine.
    • She wove the dried vines into a basket.
    • The thick vine wrapped around the tree trunk.
    • He cut a long vine to use as a rope in the garden.
  3. A person who is very thin and tall, often used in a lighthearted or descriptive way.
    • After growing six inches in one year, he was a real vine.
    • The basketball player was a vine, all arms and legs.
    • She joked that her teenage son had turned into a vine.