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Meaning of 'fruit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fruit [ v. i.]
- To bear fruit.
2 . Fruit [ v. t.]
- Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural.
- The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
- The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
- The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
- The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
- That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.

Meaning of 'fruit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fruit [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the consequence of some effort or action
Example in sentence:
  • he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies
2 . fruit [ v]
Meaning (2):
- bear fruit
Example in sentence:
  • the apple trees fructify;
  • the trees fruited early this year

Nearby Words:

frubish fructed fructescence fructiculose fructidor fructiferuos fructification fructified fructify fructifying

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