Meaning of fruit | Babel Free
[fɹʉwʔ]Definitions
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A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically countable, uncountable
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Acronym of false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant)
- 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. The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs
- A surname.
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A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically: countable, uncountable
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The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization. countable, uncountable
- fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant)
- The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization
- To produce or cause to produce fruit.
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The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs. countable, uncountable
- fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence)
- The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs
- The ripened ovary of a flowering plant that contains the seeds. Fruits can be dry or fleshy. Berries, nuts, grains, pods, and drupes are fruits. ♦ Fruits that consist of ripened ovaries alone, such as the tomato and pea pod, are called true fruits. ♦ Fruits that consist of ripened ovaries and other parts such as the receptacle or bracts, as in the apple and cucumber, are called accessory fruits or , false fruits. See Note at berry.
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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
- third-person singular present indicative
- Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit 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
- A ripened ovary of a flowering plant, containing seeds.
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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
- second-person singular imperative
- 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
- to produce fruit. This tree fruits early. dra vrugte نتيجَه давам плод frutificar rodit tragen bære frugt καρποφορώdar fruto vilja kandma میوه دادن kantaa hedelmää donner לְהָנִיב פְּרִי फलना roditi plodove gyümölcsöt terem berbuah bera ávöxt fruttificare, dare frutti 実を結ぶ 열매를 맺다 derėti, vesti vaisius dot augļus berbuah vrucht dragenbære fruktowocować مېوه وركونه frutificar a rodi плодоносить plodiť, rodiť, dávať plody obroditi (sadeže) davati plodove bära frukt ออกผล meyve vermek 結果實 плодоно...
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An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result. countable, uncountable
- producing (good) results. a fruitful meeting. vrugtevolle مُثْمِر продуктивен proveitoso plodný, úspěšný ergiebig frugtbar καρποφόροςfructífero, provechoso viljakas پر بار؛ نتیجه بخش hedelmällinen fructueuxפורה फलद, फलयुक्त plodan, unosan gyümölcsöző berhasil árangursríkur fruttuoso 実のある 열매가 잘 여는 vaisingas auglīgs; rezultatīvs berhasil vruchtbaarfruktbar, resultatrikowocny ګټور، نتيجه لرونكى، مفيد proveitoso fructuos плодотворный plodný ploden plodan fruktbar, givande สัมฤทธิ์ผล verimli 富有成效的...
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Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit. attributive, countable, uncountable
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an actual result; the happening of something that was thought of, hoped for etc. Her dreams came to fruition. verwerkliking تَحْقيق الآمال осъществяване resultado splnění, uskutečnění die Erfüllung virkeliggørelse καρποφορία, πραγματοποίησηrealización täideminek بهره وری؛ ثمره toteutuminen réalisationהתגשמות उपयोग ostvarenje (sna) megvalósulás hasil uppfylling risultato, realizzazione 実現 성취, 달성 išsipildymas (cerību, sapņu u.tml.) piepildījums kenyataan vervullingvirkeliggjøring, realisering u... etc
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A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one. colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable
- useless; with no results. a fruitless attempt. vrugtelose غَيْر مُثْمِر، عَقيم، غَيْر مُجْدٍ безплоден infrutífero marný fruchtlos frugtløs άκαρποςinfructuoso viljatu بی نتیجه hedelmätön vain לְלא תוֹצָאוֹת फलहीन jalov, bezuspješan eredménytelen sia-sia árangurslaus infruttuoso, inutile 効果のない 무익한 bevaisis, tuščias veltīgs sia-sia vruchteloosunyttig, resultatløs, forgjevesbezowocny بې حاصله، بې ثمره، بي ګتى، بې مېوې infrutífero zadarnic, inutil бесполезный márny, bezvýsledný, zbytočný jalov ja...
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An effeminate man. countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable
- vrugteloos بِصورَة غَير مُثْمِرَه безрезултатно infrutiferamente marně fruchtlos frugtløst μάταια, ατελέσφορα en vano, infructuosamente viljatult بیهوده hedelmättömästi vainementלשווא निरर्थकता से bezuspješno eredménytelenül secara sia-sia árangurslaust inutilmente かいなく 무익하게 veltui, tuščiai veltīgi dengan tidak berhasil vruchteloosforgjeves, resultatløst bezowocnie بي ګتى infrutiferamente zadarnic, în van бесполезно márne, zbytočne, bezvýsledne jalovo jalovo fruktlöst อย่างไร้ประโยชน์ yararsı...
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Offspring from a sexual union. archaic, countable, uncountable
- of or like fruit. a fruity taste; a fruity drink. vrugtesmaak ثَمَري المَذاق، فاكِهي плодов de fruta ovocný fruchtig frugtagtig; frugt- με γεύση ή άρωμα φρούτου a fruta, afrutado puuvilja- با طعم میوه؛ میوه مانند hedelmäinen fruitéעסיסי फलका, गम्भीर का, असभ्य vocni gyümölcs ízű rasa buah með ávaxtabragði/-keim di frutta 果物の味がする 과일과 같은 vaisinis, vaisių augļu-; sulīgs rasa buah met fruitsmaak fruktig, med druesmakowocowy د ميوي په شان de fruta de fructe фруктовый ovocný (z okusom) po sadju voćn...
- The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.
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A crazy person. countable, informal, uncountable
Equivalents
Examples
“[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.”
“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”
“They shall eat the fruit of their doings.”
“The fruits of this education became visible.”
“It is incontestably the case that future generations enjoyed the extraordinary fruits of the Industrial Revolution’s “great enrichment”.”
“fresh-squeezed fruit juice”
“a fruit salad”
“an artificial fruit flavor”
“a fruit tree”
“"Moishe just checked in," he said. "He's a panhandler and a fruit. A disgrace to the Jewish race."”
“I'm not talking to this twisted fruit anymore!”
“Aww, but he's so cute! / He's a fruit… Oh my fucking god! You will not believe who was here today!”
“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”
“And she spake out with a loud voyce, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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