Definitions for fruitfrut

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fruit^*frut(n.)(pl.)fruits; fruit

the edible part of a plant developed from a flower and containing one or more seeds with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana.
Category: Botany
the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple.
Category: Botany
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
Category: Botany
the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen.
Category: Botany, Fungi
anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit.
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.(a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.)
Category: Status (usage)
(v.t.)to bear or cause to bear fruit.
Category: Botany

^* Usage: Definition 6 is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting.

Origin of fruit:

1125–75; ME < OF < L frūctus enjoyment, profit, fruit, der. of fruī to enjoy the produce of

fruit′like`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

fruit(noun)
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
yield, fruit(noun)
an amount of a product
fruit(verb)
the consequence of some effort or action
"he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
fruit(verb)
cause to bear fruit
fruit(verb)
bear fruit
"the trees fruited early this year"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

fruit(noun)frut
the part of a plant with a seed that can be eaten
Fresh fruit is a good snack.; citrus fruits such as oranges
fruitfrut
an apple, banana, pear, etc.
Would you like a piece of fruit?

Wiktionary

fruit(Noun)
The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam.
fruit(Noun)
Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
fruit(Noun)
A positive end result or reward of labour or effort.
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit, when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
fruit(Noun)
Offspring from a sexual union.
The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
fruit(Noun)
A homosexual or effeminate man.
fruit(Verb)
To produce fruit.

Origin: (1125–75) fruit, frut "fruits and vegetables" from fruit, from fructus, a derivative of frui, from bhrug-; cognate with Modern brauchen "to use", brook "to tolerate". Displaced native ovet (from ofett), wastum (from wæstm), blede (from bled).

Webster Dictionary

Fruit(verb)
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
Fruit(verb)
the pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3
Fruit(verb)
the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it
Fruit(verb)
the spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them
Fruit(verb)
the produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body
Fruit(verb)
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
Fruit(verb)
to bear fruit