Definitions for Cherry
ˈtʃɛr icher·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cherrynoun

   wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

2. cherry, cherry treenoun

   any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

3. cherrynoun

   a red fruit with a single hard stone

4. cerise, cherry, cherry redadjective

   a red the color of ripe cherries

5. red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarletadjective

   of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cherrynoun

   A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.

2. cherrynoun

   A tree or shrub that bears cherries.

3. cherrynoun

   The wood of a cherry tree.

4. cherrynoun

   cherry red

5. cherrynoun

   Virginity, particularly of a woman.

6. cherrynoun

   A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.

7. cherryadjective

   Containing or having the taste of cherries.

8. cherryadjective

   Of a bright red colour.

9. cherryadjective

   In excellent condition; mint condition.

10. Cherrynoun

    someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc.

11. Cherrynoun

    A female given name from English, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

    'As you knows Mrs Chuzzlewit, you knows, p’raps, what her chris’en name is?' Mrs Gamp observed.

12. Cherrynoun

    A surname.

13. Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cherryadjective

   Resembling a cherry in colour.

   Etymology: from the substantive.

   Shore’s wife hath a pretty foot,
   A cherry lip, a passing pleasing tongue. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

2. CHERRY, Cherry-treenoun

   The tree hath large shining leaves: the fruit grows on long pedicles, and is roundish or heart-shaped: the stone is short, tumid, and roundish. The species are;1. The common red or garden cherry.2. Large Spanish cherry.3. The red heart cherry.4. The white heart cherry.5. The bleeding heart cherry.6. The black heart cherry.7. The May cherry.8. The black cherry, or mazard.9. The archduke cherry.10. The yellow Spanish cherry.11. The Flanders cluster cherry.12. The carnation cherry.13. The large black cherry.14. The bird cherry.15. The red bird or Cornish cherry.16. The largest double flowered cherry.17. The double flowered cherry.18. The common wild cherry.19. The wild northern English cherry, with late ripe fruit.20. The shock or perfumed cherry.21. The cherrytree with striped leaves. And many other sorts of cherries; as the amber cherry, lukeward, corone, Gascoigne, and the morello, which is chiefly planted for preserving. This fruit was brought out of Pontus at the time of the Mithridatick victory, by Lucullus, in the year of Rome 680; and was brought into Britain about 120 years afterwards, which was An. Dom. 55; and was soon after spread through most parts of Europe. It is generally esteemed for its earliness, being of the first tree-fruits that appears to welcome in the fruit-season. Philip Miller

   Etymology: cerise, Fr. cerasus, Lat.

   Some devils ask but the parings of one’s nail, a pin, a nut, a cherry stone; but she, more covetous, would have a chain. William Shakespeare, Com. of Errors.

   July I would have drawn in a jacket of light-yellow eating cherries, with his face and bosom sun-burnt. Henry Peacham.

   All this done by a little spark of life, which, in its first appearance, might be inclosed in the hollow of a cherry stone. Matthew Hale, Orig. of Mankind.

   All the ideas of all the sensible qualities of a cherry come into my mind by sensation. John Locke.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Cherrynoun

   a tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

2. Cherrynoun

   the common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France)

3. Cherrynoun

   the wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)

4. Cherrynoun

   the fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors

5. Cherrynoun

   the timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc

6. Cherrynoun

   a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry

7. Cherryadjective

   like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks

8. Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cherry

   The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium. The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in "ornamental cherry", "cherry blossom", etc. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside of cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name "wild cherry" in the British Isles.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cherry

   cher′i, n. a small bright-red stone-fruit: the tree that bears it.—adj. like a cherry in colour: ruddy.—ns. Cherr′y-brand′y, a pleasant liqueur made by steeping Morello cherries in brandy; Cherr′y-lau′rel, the common English name for the Cerasus Lauro-Cerasus of Asia Minor; Cherr′y-pepp′er, a West Indian species of Capsicum; Cherr′y-pie, a pie made of cherries; the common heliotrope; Cherr′y-pit, a game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small hole; Cherr′y-stone, the hard seed of the cherry. [A.S. ciris—L. cerasus—Gr. kerasos, a cherry-tree, said to be so named from Cerasus, a town in Pontus, from which the cherry was brought.]

2. Cherry

   cher′i, v.t. (Spens.) to cheer.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cherry

   A species of smelt or spurling, taken in the Frith of Tay.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cherry

   A type of cultivar, plant and seed.

   The cherry tree looks so beautiful in full bloom.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHERRY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cherry is ranked #970 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cherry surname appeared 35,877 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 12 would have the surname Cherry.
   
   58.9% or 21,157 total occurrences were White.
   35.4% or 12,718 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 893 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2% or 732 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 233 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 144 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Drupe
   • Edible Fruit
   • Fruit Tree
   • Wood

How to pronounce Cherry?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cherry in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cherry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Cherry in a Sentence

1. Silje Wolff:

   The dream of every astronaut is to be able to eat fresh food like strawberries, cherry tomatoes or anything thats really flavorful, someday that will certainly be possible. We envision a greenhouse with several varieties of vegetables.

2. Mike Scibetta:

   The government has cherry-picked a small portion of the paper to suit their narrative.

3. Amy Adams:

   Tart cherry juice can increase our bodies' ability to use tryptophan, which is an amino acid linked to sleep. Tart cherry also has a high melatonin concentration, research says 8 oz of tart cherry juice in the morning and nighttime for as little as two weeks can significantly reduce insomnia.

4. James Winnefeld:

   If Congress is going to cherry-pick from an unfunded list and pick something that they love, then something that we think we need is going to have to fall off, the problem ... is that they're not going to give us more money to fund these things so something else will have to come out of the budget that we thought was more important.

5. Andrew Schneider:

   Weird, isn't it Somehow in the dead of winter when its 40 below, so cold your words just freeze in the air, you think you'll never hear a robin's song again or see a blossom on a cherry tree, when one day you wake up and bingo, light coming through the mini blinds is softened with a tick of rose and the cold morning air has lost its bite. It's spring once again, the streets are paved with mud and the hills are alive with the sound of mosquitos.

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