Definitions of fruit [frut]

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Definition of 'fruit'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) 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.

2.  fruit
the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple.

3.  fruit
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.

4.  fruit
the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen.

5.  fruit
anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit.

6. (v.t.) fruit
to bear or cause to bear fruit.

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

Definition of 'fruit'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

2. (noun) yield, fruit
an amount of a product

3. (verb) fruit
the consequence of some effort or action
"he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"

4. (verb) fruit
cause to bear fruit

5. (verb) fruit
bear fruit
"the trees fruited early this year"

Definition of 'fruit'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) fruit
the part of a plant with a seed that can be eaten
Fresh fruit is a good snack.; citrus fruits such as oranges

2. fruit
a piece of fruit
an apple, banana, pear, etc.
Would you like a piece of fruit?

Definition of 'fruit'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) fruit
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

2. (verb) fruit
the pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3

3. (verb) fruit
the ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it

4. (verb) fruit
the spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them

5. (verb) fruit
the produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body

6. (verb) fruit
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

7. (verb) fruit
to bear fruit

Definition of 'fruit'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. fruit
The fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds.

Translation of 'fruit'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food The fruit of the vine is the grape.
Afrikaans: vrug	Arabic: ثَمَر	Bulgarian: плод
Brazilian: fruta	Czech: plod	German: die Frucht
Danish: frugt	Greek: καρπός, φρούτο	Spanish: fruta
Estonian: (puu)vili	Farsi: میوه	Finnish: hedelmä
French: fruit	Hebrew: פְּרִי	Hindi: फल
Croatian: plod, voće	Hungarian: gyümölcs	Indonesian: buah
Icelandic: ávöxtur	Italian: frutto	Japanese: 果実
Korean: 과실	Lithuanian: vaisius	Latvian: auglis
Malay: buah	Dutch: vrucht	Norwegian: frukt
Polish: owoc	Persian: میوه	Pashto: مېوه، حاصل، نتيجه، ګټه ثم
Portuguese: fruta	Romanian: fruct	Russian: плод; фрукты
Slovak: plod	Slovenian: sadež	Serbian: plod
Swedish: frukt	Thai: ผลไม้	Turkish: meyve
Taiwanese: 水果	Ukrainian: фрукт	Urdu: پھل
Vietnamese: quả	Chinese: 水果
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