vine

plural vines

1. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

   Synonyms: climber

2. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
3. A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.

   I could have easily been in the Congo. Trees, Tarzan-like vines, creepy crawlies, spiders and more spiders.

   1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 189

   1 more example

   This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.

   1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

4. UKespeciallyA climbing plant that produces grapes.

   They picked the grapes off the vine.

   1 more example

   Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose, And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows; But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a Garden by the Water blows.

   1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2

   Synonyms: grapevine, winetree

5. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.

plural Vines

1. InternetA looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media.

   Vine has become a weird tiny art form with its own conventions and trends and a robust community, none of which you will probably be able to keep up with if you aren't already, but at least we can appreciate the occasional Buzzfeed^([sic]) roundup of Vines.

   2015 February 17, Jess Zimmerman, The Guardian