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Definition of 'fig'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fig
any tree or shrub of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, bearing syconia as its fruit.

2.  fig
the turbinate or pear-shaped fruit of such a tree or shrub.

3.  fig
a contemptibly trifling amount; the least bit:
Their help wasn't worth a fig.

4.  fig
a gesture of contempt.

5. (n.) fig
dress or array:
to appear at a party in full fig.

6.  fig
condition:
to feel in fine fig.

Etymology: (1685–95; earlier feague to liven, whip up < G fegen to furbish, sweep, clean; akin to fair¹)

Definition of 'fig'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) figure, fig
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
"the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

2. (noun) fig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit

3. (noun) Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group
a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi

4. (noun) fig
fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

Definition of 'fig'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) fig
a dark-skinned fruit with a red center

Definition of 'fig'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fig
a small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands

2. (noun) fig
the fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors

3. (noun) fig
a small piece of tobacco

4. (noun) fig
the value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt

5. (noun) fig
to insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico

6. (noun) fig
to put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible

7. (noun) fig
figure; dress; array

Translation of 'fig'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of soft pear-shaped fruit, often eaten dried.
Afrikaans: vy	Arabic: تين	Bulgarian: смокиня
Brazilian: figo	Czech: fík	German: die Feige
Danish: figne	Greek: σύκο	Spanish: higo
Estonian: viigimari	Farsi: انجیر	Finnish: viikuna
French: figue	Hebrew: תְאֵנָה	Hindi: अंजीर
Croatian: smokva (plod)	Hungarian: füge(fa)	Indonesian: buah ara
Icelandic: fíkja	Italian: fico	Japanese: いちぢく
Korean: 무화과	Lithuanian: figa	Latvian: vīģe
Malay: buah ara	Dutch: vijg	Norwegian: fiken
Polish: figa	Persian: انجیر	Pashto: اينځر، داينځرونه
Portuguese: figo	Romanian: smochină	Russian: инжир
Slovak: figa	Slovenian: figa	Serbian: smokva
Swedish: fikon	Thai: ต้นไม้หรือผลตระกูลมะเดื่อ	Turkish: incir
Taiwanese: 無花果	Ukrainian: фіга, інжир	Urdu: انجیر ، ناشپاتی جیسا پھل
Vietnamese: quả vả; quả sung	Chinese: 无花果
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