fruit

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

fruits

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

fruit

past (v2)

fruited

past participle (v3)

fruited

present participle

fruiting

3rd person singular

fruits

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically

2. 2.An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.

   • They shall eat the fruit of their doings.
   • The fruits of this education became visible.
   • He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.

3. 3.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.

4. 4.Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

   • 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.

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