fruit
- fruit
- [[t]fru͟ːt[/t]]
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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 eat.
Fresh fruit and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins.
...bananas and other tropical fruits...
Try to eat at least one piece of fruit a day.
2) VERB If a plant fruits, it produces fruit.
The scientists will study the variety of trees and observe which are fruiting.
3)
N-COUNT: usu the N of
n The fruits or
the fruit of someone's work or activity are the good things that result from it.
The team have really worked hard and Mansell is enjoying the fruits of that labour...
The findings are the fruit of more than three years research.
5) PHRASE: V inflects If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
Eleanor's work among the women will, I trust, bear fruit...
He was naturally disappointed when the talks failed to bear fruit.
6)
PHRASE: oft PHR of
n The first fruits or
the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
This project is one of the first fruits of commercial co-operation between the two countries.
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fruit — 1. (frui ; le t ne se lie pas dans le parler ordinaire ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des frui z excellents) s. m. 1° Produit des végétaux qui provient de l évolution de la fleur et qui contient les graines. Fruit pulpeux. Fruit sec, fruit qui n a… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
fruit — FRUIT. substantif masculin. Ce que les arbres & les plantes portent, pour la propagation de leur espece, & pour la nourriture des hommes & des animaux. Fruit nouveau. fruit verd. fruit meur. fruit precoce, fruit hastif. fruit tardif. fruit à… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Fruit — Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fruit — fruit·age; fruit·ar·i·an; fruit; fruit·ed; fruit·er; fruit·er·er; fruit·er·ess; fruit·ery; fruit·ful; fruit·ful·ly; fruit·ful·ness; fruit·i·ness; fruit·less; fruit·let; jack·fruit; fruit·less·ly; fruit·less·ness; in·ter·fruit·ful·ness; … English syllables
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fruit — n 1 a: something (as evidence) that is obtained or gathered during an action or operation (as a search) moved to suppress evidence seized from the room on the grounds that it was obtained as the fruit of an illegal arrest National Law Journal b… … Law dictionary
fruit — [fro͞ot] n. pl. fruit or fruits [ME < OFr < L fructus, enjoyment, means of enjoyment, fruit, produce, profit < pp. of frui, to partake of, enjoy < IE base * bhrūg , fruit, to enjoy > BROOK2] 1. any plant product, as grain, flax,… … English World dictionary
fruit — late 12c., from O.Fr. fruit fruit, fruit eaten as dessert; harvest; virtuous action (12c.), from L. fructus an enjoyment, delight, satisfaction; proceeds, produce, fruit, crops, from frug , stem of frui to use, enjoy, from PIE *bhrug agricultural … Etymology dictionary
fruit´i|ly — fruit|y «FROO tee», adjective, fruit|i|er, fruit|i|est. 1. tasting or smelling like fruit: »the rich fruity odor of jam. 2. (of wine) having the ta … Useful english dictionary
fruit|y — «FROO tee», adjective, fruit|i|er, fruit|i|est. 1. tasting or smelling like fruit: »the rich fruity odor of jam. 2. (of wine) having the ta … Useful english dictionary
