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Fruit
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically countable, uncountable
"[A]fter the flower is past commeth the fruit in long pods, every seede bunching out like the pods of Orobus and as bigge almost as the smaller Pease."
- 2 Acronym of false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 3 an amount of a product wordnet
- 4 A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:; The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. countable, uncountable
- 5 the consequence of some effort or action wordnet
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- 6 A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:; The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs. countable, uncountable
- 7 the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant wordnet
- 8 Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary. countable, uncountable
- 9 Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.; A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit. countable, uncountable
- 10 An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result. countable, uncountable
"His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise."
- 11 Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit. attributive, countable, uncountable
"fresh-squeezed fruit juice"
- 12 A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one. colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable
""Moishe just checked in," he said. "He's a panhandler and a fruit. A disgrace to the Jewish race.""
- 13 An effeminate man. countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable
- 14 Offspring from a sexual union. archaic, countable, uncountable
"The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier."
- 15 A crazy person. countable, informal, uncountable
- 1 To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
"It may be said, however, that the percentage of green apples among the Fameuse seedlings is much less than among the others as out of 33 Fameuse seedlings which had fruited up to this year, none was green and we recollect but one light coloured Fameuse seedling fruiting this year."
- 2 bear fruit wordnet
- 3 cause to bear fruit wordnet
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”) and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Cognate with English brook (“to bear, tolerate”) and German brauchen (“to need”). Displaced native Old English wæstm. In the derogatory senses of “crazy person” and “homosexual or effeminate man”, possibly a shortening of fruitcake, or of independent origin, compare Fruit (slang).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”) and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Cognate with English brook (“to bear, tolerate”) and German brauchen (“to need”). Displaced native Old English wæstm. In the derogatory senses of “crazy person” and “homosexual or effeminate man”, possibly a shortening of fruitcake, or of independent origin, compare Fruit (slang).
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