Fruit

Definition: Fruit

Fruit

Noun

1. The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

2. The consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies".

3. An amount of a product.

Verb

1. Cause to bear fruit.

2. Bear fruit, as of trees and plants.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fruit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Bible

Dream Interpretation

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

FRUIT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Fruit

Acquisition

Profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income; (receipt); proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit; (good).

Effect

Noun: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.

Motive

Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.

Posterity

Phrase: "the child is father of the man"; "the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree", "like father, like son".

Production

Flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world.

Edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit.

Prohibition

Noun: prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction; (restraint); hindrance; forbidden fruit; Maine law.

Prosperity

Flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten.

Similarity

Phrase: et sic de similibus; tel maitre tel valet; tel pere tel fils; like master, like servant; like father, like son; the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree; a chip off the old block

Success

Answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in.

The Past

Phrase: time was; the time has been, the time hath been; you can't go home again; fuimus Troes; fruit Ilium; hoc erat in more majorum; "O call back yesterday, bid time return"; tempi passati; "the eternal landscape of the past"; ultimus Romanorum; "what's past is prologue"; "whose yesterdays look backward with a smile".

Utility

Bear fruit; (produce); bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit; (do good).

Vegetable

Flower, blossom, bine; flowering plant; timber tree, fruit tree; pulse, legume.

Crosswords: Fruit

Dutch (fruit), French (child, fruit, harvest, product).

I'm bursting with fruit flavor (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

I thought men like you were usually called a fruit. (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.)

Any fruit or vegetables (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

Everybody in this family needs to just calm down and eat some fruit or something (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar ("Blue Suede Shoes"; performing artist: Carl Perkins)

Than fruit hanging ripe upon the vine (Androgyny; performing artist: Garbage)

To take the spiky fruit to crown myself the Queen of doom (Legend In My Living Room; performing artist: Len)

Forbidden fruit (What Would Happen; performing artist: Meredith Brooks)

Where the fruit is as sweet as can be (Sledgehammer; performing artist: Peter Gabriel)

Forbidden fruit creates many jams. (references; author: unknown)

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices, and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. (references; author: unknown)

A fat-free fruit float. (references; author: unknown)

Few free fruit flies fly from flames. (references; author: unknown)

Le Fruit défendu (1952)

Way Back When a Razzberry Was a Fruit (1940)

Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit (1923)

Passion Fruit (1921)

Forbidden Fruit (1921)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Fruit of the Loom Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Food Processing Equipment for Canned Fruit & Vegetables in Chile: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit in Africa (reference)

• Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment in Ecuador: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh and Dried Fruit and Nuts Excluding Oil Nuts in Latin America (reference)

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Books

• Living Beyond Yourself: Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit (reference)

• Oliver's Fruit Salad (Venture-Health & the Human Body) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fresh Fruit And Vegetables Arrival Totals In 22 Cities (reference)

• United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association Affiliate Membership (reference)

• Chicago Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Report (reference)

• Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Shipments By Commodities States & Months (reference)

• California Rare Fruit Growers Membership - Golden Gate Chapter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fruit Is Swelling (reference)

• Fruit of the Vine (reference)

• Food Safety: Fruit Facts and Veggie Vitals (reference)

• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (reference)

• Seasonal Fruit Desserts (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Forbidden Fruit (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Fruit Ladder Storage Rack - CD (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Fruit Festival Canister (3-qt.) (reference)

• Fruit Festival Pitcher (105-oz.) (reference)

• Amerock BP1332-O77 3" Fruit Pull (reference)

• Amerock BP1335-O77 1-11/32" Knob Fruit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A brown-beige-white plate sits on a sand-colored table. On the plate is cottage cheese, strawberries, kiwi fruit, cantaloupe, orange slices and rasberries. Next to the plate are 2 slices of dark bread and a multicolored napkin and a fork. There is a glass of iced tea in the background with lemon garnish. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

From an overhead angle, a peach, a nectarine, a cherry tomato and a plum sit on a green marble table garnished with a stem of green leaves. The script text in the lower third reads: "Include 2-3 servings of fruit each day". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" August 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Fresh fruit display on cruise ship. Food. Credit: CDC.

Fruit, vendors, and tourists in Wuhan, China. Credit: CDC.

A pineapple plant with the fruit nearly ready to harvest. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Fruit bearing trees and plants provide an excellent food source for many different wildlife species. Credit: Dot Paul.

4H kids prepare fruit. Credit: USDA.

4H kids are given instructions on preparing fruit. Credit: USDA.

Compact orange pepper plants bear upright, pungent fruit. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by John Stommel..

The pawpaw tree, Asimina triloba, yields 3- to 5-inch-long fruit, the largest fruit native to the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But if either the grass of his enclosure rotted on the ground, or the fruit of his planting perished without gathering, and laying up, this part of the earth, notwithstanding his enclosure, was still to be looked on as waste, and might be the possession of any other. (Second Treatise of Government)

The real fruit of their battles lies, not in the immediate result, but in the ever-expanding union of the workers. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I believe it is the only way that Mr. Woodhouse thinks the fruit thoroughly wholesome

She possessed affections, too, though hitherto acrid and disagreeable, as are the richest flavours of unripe fruit.

And look at the stars through the irregular outlines of his fruit trees

They were not to eat of the fruit of the forbidden tree

No bruised fruit.

The ambrosial and essential part of the fruit is lost with the bloom which is rubbed off in the market cart, and they become mere provender

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Use only whole fruit for snacks. (references)

Fruit can act as a natural laxative and should be eaten sparingly. (references)

Juices made from fresh fruit can also be contaminated with crypto. (references)

Business

Many fruit and vegetable importers also import eggs. (references)

Fruit tree yards are also fundamental agricultural activities. (references)

Gift baskets for new baby arrivals include baby clothing, toiletries or fresh fruit. (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

Homeless children called "palomas" (doves) are frequently at the mercy of adults who collect them and put them to work begging and selling fruit, flowers, and other goods on the street. (references)

Civil Liberties

Djibouti

On January 15, police arrested Daher Ahmed Farah (also known as DAF), president of the opposition Party for Democratic Renewal (PRD), for publishing an article critical of a government decision to move forcibly fruit vendors to a new area; publication of the newspaper Le Renouveau was suspended. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

Main export items are fruit, tuna, and meat. (references)

Human Rights

Paraguay

Prisons generally serve one meal a day, and prisoners seldom get vegetables, fruit, or a meat protein source, unless they have individual means to purchase them. (references)

Costa Rica

However, on July 20, the Government removed 400 families from a Standard Fruit Company property in Rio Frio, involving use of tear gas by police and gunfire by some of the squatters. (references)

Political Economy

Guinea

Other exports include coffee and fruit. (references)

Trade

Barbados

Beer, fruit juices and fruit drinks can be imported with a license. (references)

Chile

Import restrictions on fresh fruit are gradually being resolved, with more U.S. products now allowed to enter Chile. (references)

Italy

Specific EU regulations exist for cocoa and chocolate products, sugars, fruit juices, fruit jams and jellies, milk and casein products. (references)

Travel

Colombia

A large variety of fresh tropical fruit juices are served throughout the country. (references)

Indonesia

At home, wash and soak all local fruit and vegetables in Clorox-treated, soapy water. (references)

Greece

Flower bulbs, plants, and fresh fruit may not be brought into the country by travelers. (references)

Worker Rights

Ukraine

In rural areas, where reported incomes tend to be the lowest, families subsidize their incomes by growing fruit and vegetables and raising livestock. (references)

Dominica

However the banana, coconut and citrus fruit industries as well as port services are deemed "essential services," which effectively prohibits workers in these sectors from going on strike. (references)

Bangladesh

Children drive rickshaws, break bricks at construction sites, carry fruit, vegetables, and dry goods for shoppers at markets, work at tea stalls, and work as beachcombers in the shrimp industry. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Green fruit

Fruit

Bearing fruit

Chosen fruit of God

His precious fruit

The fruit of a moth

That produces fruit

That bears fruit

Fruit

Expressions using "fruit": accessory fruit ♦ aggregate fruit ♦ angry fruit salad ♦ banana passion fruit ♦ basket of fruit ♦ bear fruit ♦ bottled fruit ♦ Brandy fruit ♦ bread fruit ♦ bread fruit tree ♦ brown rot of fruit trees ♦ candied fruit ♦ candied fruit jelly ♦ canned fruit ♦ choice fruit ♦ citrus fruit ♦ Collective fruit ♦ concentrated fruit purée ♦ crystallized fruit ♦ dehydrated fruit ♦ dried fruit ♦ dried fruit pulp ♦ early fruit ♦ edible fruit ♦ false fruit ♦ First fruit ♦ forbidden fruit ♦ french dressing for fruit salad ♦ fresh fruit ♦ fruit bar ♦ fruit bat ♦ fruit bowl ♦ fruit bread ♦ fruit bud ♦ fruit cake ♦ fruit cane ♦ fruit chewy candy ♦ fruit cocktail ♦ fruit compote ♦ Fruit Cove ♦ fruit crush ♦ fruit cup ♦ fruit custard ♦ fruit dish ♦ Fruit dot ♦ fruit drink ♦ fruit drop ♦ fruit drops ♦ fruit farm ♦ fruit fly ♦ fruit garden ♦ fruit grower ♦ fruit growing ♦ Fruit Heights ♦ Fruit Hill ♦ Fruit jar ♦ fruit juice ♦ fruit loaf ♦ fruit machine ♦ fruit of his labour ♦ fruit of the arbutus ♦ fruit of the body ♦ fruit of the poisonous tree ♦ fruit or fruits ♦ fruit orchard ♦ fruit picking season ♦ Fruit pigeon ♦ fruit plate ♦ fruit pulp ♦ fruit punch ♦ fruit purée ♦ fruit ranch ♦ fruit salad ♦ fruit salts ♦ fruit sauce ♦ fruit shop ♦ fruit sorbet ♦ fruit spirits ♦ fruit stand ♦ fruit store ♦ fruit sugar ♦ Fruit thrush ♦ fruit tree ♦ fruit wine ♦ Fruit worm ♦ gathering of fruit ♦ genipap fruit ♦ grape fruit ♦ hawthorn fruit ♦ juicy fruit ♦ key fruit ♦ Kiwi fruit ♦ make fruit syrup ♦ mediterranean fruit fly ♦ multiple fruit ♦ passion fruit ♦ podded fruit ♦ red fruit jelly ♦ ripening of fruit ♦ simple fruit ♦ soft fruit. Additional references.

Beginning with "fruit": fruit-and-nut, fruit-and-vegetable, fruit-barrow, fruit-baskets, fruit-bat, fruit-bats, fruit-bearing, fruit-bowl, fruit-bud, fruit-cake, fruit-crammed, fruit-crows, fruit-designed, fruit-display, fruit-drink, fruit-eater, fruit-eaters, fruit-eating, fruit-eating bat, fruit-flavoured, fruit-flies, fruit-floras, fruit-fly, fruit-garden, fruit-grower, fruit-growing, fruit-gum, fruit-gums, fruit-harvest, fruit-juice, fruit-juices, fruit-knife, fruit-laden, fruit-like, fruit-machine, fruit-machines, fruit-market, fruit-packaging, fruit-packed, fruit-peel, fruit-pickers, fruit-picking, fruit-pie, fruit-piece, fruit-salad, fruit-shaped, fruit-shop, fruit-stands, fruit-stone, fruit-syrup, fruit-thrushes, fruit-trees.

Ending with "fruit": passion-fruit.

Containing "fruit": citrus-fruit squeezer.

Afrikaans

vrug. (various references)

Albanian

fryt (embryo, harvest, product), frutë, rezultat (conclusion, consequent, job, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, reflex, result, score, train, upshot), pemë (fruit tree, garden stuff, tree). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاكهة (fruitiness), ‏محصول (bearing, crop, harvest, incomings, output, proceeds, produce, product, returns, takings, vintage, yield), ‏نتيجة (conclusion, consequence, echo, effect, emanation, end, event, offshoot, offspring, outcome, payoff, precipitate, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, repercussion, result, score, sequel, termination, upshot, work), ‏غلة (crop, cut, harvest, increase, produce, product), ‏الفاكهة (confection), ‏أثمر (fructify, yield), ‏ثمرة (child, effect, gain, product, profit, result, upshot). (various references)

Asturian

fruta. (various references)

Basque

fruitu. (various references)

Bemba

icisabo. (various references)

Bulgarian 

от плодове, овощия, овошка, овошки, за плодове, плодове (fruitage, garden stuff), плодов (fruity), плоден, плод (emanation, issue, product), давам плод (fructify). (various references)

Catalan

fruta. (various references)

Chamorro

tinekcha'. (various references)

Chinese 

果實 (gains), 果子, 果 (in charge of, palm of hand, result), 水果 . (various references)

Cornish

frút. (various references)

Czech

ovoce. (various references)

Danish

frugt. (various references)

Dutch

vrucht (embryo, fetus, foetus). (various references)

Esperanto

frukto. (various references)

Faeroese

frukt. (various references)

Farsi 

فایده (Advantage, Avail, Profit, Use, Utter), فرزند (Bairn, Breed, Child, Fry, Get, Offspring, Progeny, Scion), میوه دادن , میوه (Blossom), سود (Advantage, Avail, Dividend, Gain, Good, Grist, Increment, Interest, Lucre, Profit, Utter), ثمر, بر (Against, Bosom, In, Mainland, Man, On, Upon). (various references)

Finnish

hedelmä. (various references)

French

fruit. (various references)

Frisian

frucht. (various references)

German

Frucht (crop, crops, fetus, harvest, progeny), Obst. (various references)

Greek 

φρούτο. (various references)

Guarani

yva. (various references)

Hebrew 

פרי (gain, offspring, product, profit, result), פרות. (various references)

Hungarian

gyümölcs (bearing, fructification, short-cake). (various references)

Indonesian