fruit

Definition

  • noun: a usually sweet food (such as a blueberry, orange, or apple) that grows on a tree or bush
  • noun: a product of plant growth (as grain, vegetables, or cotton)
  • verb: to produce fruit
  • verb: to bear fruit
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: offspring, young, fructify

Examples

  • All his plans have finally 'borne fruit'. [=all his plans have finally been realized]

  • We need to remember that the 'fruits' of the earth belong to us all.

  • We hope that we'll be able to share in the 'fruits' of victory.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Where is it were going? Paris... The most sensible honeymoon destination of all So, Why Paris? Peaches. Outside the city at Montroy, There's a Gypsy camp famous for it's dried fruit, Especially peaches. There we shall find... Our fortune teller, And we'll return her bag. (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • (..) -Right. -Or thereabouts Thereabouts. Here's to your good health. What you did to Gladstone now?! The fruit is highly toxic. He's barely breathing. It was an excellent opportunity. This may be just the thing. I hope you don't mind terribly, If I tried my adrenal extract. (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows