[fɹʉwʔ], /fɹuːt/, /fɹut/
- countable, uncountableA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
“[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.”
- countable, uncountableThe seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
- countable, uncountableThe spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
- countable, uncountableAny 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, uncountableA 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, uncountableAn end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
“His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.”
“He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.”
“the fruit of rashness”
- attributive, countable, uncountableOf, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
“fresh-squeezed fruit juice”
“a fruit salad”
“an artificial fruit flavor”
- archaic, countable, uncountableOffspring from a sexual union.
“The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.”
“fruit of one's loins”
“King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown”
- countable, informal, uncountableA crazy person.
- abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountableAcronym of false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time.
- 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 g”
“For example, chanterelles and russulas can start fruiting in early to mid summer given sufficient moisture, but other species, such as matsutake, rarely fruit until temperatures cool in the autumn, ev”
“The grass and weeds come up to my waist and the plum trees are already fruiting up, though most of the fruit'll go to the wasps and the worms, Vinny says, 'cause he can't be arsed to pick it.”
Formsfruits(plural) · fruits(present, singular, third-person) · fruiting(participle, present) · fruited(participle, past) · fruited(past) · Fruits(plural)