fruit
31FRUIT — n. m. Production des végétaux qui succède à la fleur et qui sert à leur reproduction. Le fruit du noyer, du chêne, de l’orme, du frêne, etc. Il se dit aussi de ces Sortes de productions qui servent à la nourriture de l’homme. Fruit vert. Fruit… …
32fruit — fruit1 [ frut ] noun *** 1. ) (plural fruit or fruits) count or uncount a type of food that grows on trees or plants. It tastes sweet and contains seeds or a PIT. Apples and oranges are fruit. Ripe fruit is ready to eat: Peaches are my favorite… …
33fruit — I UK [fruːt] / US [frut] noun Word forms fruit : singular fruit plural fruit or fruits *** 1) [countable/uncountable] Word forms fruit : plural fruit or fruits a type of food that grows on trees or plants. It tastes sweet and contains seeds or a… …
34fruit — n. & v. n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. b (in sing.) these in quantity (eats fruit). 2 the seed of a plant or tree with its covering, e.g. an acorn, pea pod, cherry, etc. 3 (usu. in pl.)… …
35fruit — fruitlike, adj. /frooht/, n., pl. fruits, (esp. collectively) fruit, v. n. 1. any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. 2. the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or… …
36fruit — n. 1) to grow fruit 2) (also fig.) to bear fruit (not all trees bear fruit) 3) ripe; unripe fruit 4) fresh; luscious; young fruit 5) citrus; tropical fruit (our country exports citrus fruit) 6) (fig.) forbidden fruit 7) canned (AE), tinned (BE);… …
37fruit — fruit1 W2S2 [fru:t] n plural fruit or fruits [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin fructus, from frui to enjoy, have the use of ] 1.) [U and C] something that grows on a plant, tree, or bush, can be eaten as a food, contains seeds or a… …
38fruit — [[t]fru͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ fruits, fruiting, fruited (The plural form is usually fruit, but can also be fruits.) 1) N VAR Fruit or a fruit is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can… …
39fruit — 1 /fru:t/ noun plural fruit or fruits 1 (C, U) something such as an apple, banana, or strawberry that grows on a tree or other plant, and tastes sweet: fresh fruit and vegetables | a bowl of fruit see also: dried fruit, soft fruit 2 (C, U)… …
40fruit — British and American speakers use ‘fruit’ in rather different ways as a vocative. ‘Old fruit’ is the usual British expression, equivalent to ‘old boy’, ‘old man’, etc. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English thinks that it is becoming… …
