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grapevine

/ˈɡɹeɪp.vaɪn/ verb C2
  1. To restrain in a leglock. (transitive)
  2. To drape or curl around adjacent objects. (transitive)
  3. To move one's body in a smooth undulating wave while stepping in the direction the wave is moving. (intransitive)
  4. To score mortar at a joint. (transitive)
  5. Of information, to spread as a rumor. (intransitive, transitive)
  6. Of a person or group, to spread (a rumor). (intransitive, transitive)
  7. To link up through an informal communication network. (transitive)

He/she/it grapevines · Past grapevined · Past participle grapevined · -ing form grapevining

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Verb forms

Base form
grapevine
He/she/it
grapevines
Past
grapevined
Past participle
grapevined
-ing form
grapevining

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