fruit
♦♦ fruit /fr'uːt/ (fruitor fruits fruits fruiting fruited)
1 [N-VAR]
Fruit or a fruit is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can eat.
Fresh fruit and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins.
...bananas and other tropical fruits...
Try to eat at least one piece of fruit a day.
2 [VERB] V
If a plant fruits, it produces fruit.
The scientists will study the variety of trees and observe which are fruiting.
3 [N-COUNT] usu the N of n
The fruits or the fruit of someone's work or activity are the good things that result from it.
The team have really worked hard and Mansell is enjoying the fruits of that labour...
The findings are the fruit of more than three years research.
4
see also dried fruit, forbidden fruit, passion fruit, passion fruit
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
He was naturally disappointed when the talks failed to bear fruit.
6 [PHRASE] oft PHR of n
The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
This project is one of the first fruits of commercial co-operation between the two countries.dried fruit (dried fruits)
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Dried fruit is fruit that has been preserved by being dried; used especially to refer to currants, raisins, or sultanas, which are kinds of dried grapes.for|bid|den fruit (forbidden fruits)
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Forbidden fruit is a source of pleasure that involves breaking a rule or doing something that you are not supposed to do.
...the forbidden fruit of an illicit romance.fruit bowl (fruit bowls)
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A fruit bowl is a large bowl in which fruit is kept and displayed.fruit cock|tail (fruit cocktails)
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Fruit cocktail is a mixture of pieces of different kinds of fruit eaten as part of a meal.fruit fly (fruit flies)
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Fruit flies are very small flies which eat fruit and rotting plants.fruit ma|chine (fruit machines)
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A fruit machine is a machine used for gambling. You put money into it and if a particular combination of symbols, especially fruit, appears, you win money. (BRIT; in AM, use slot machine)fruit sal|ad (fruit salads)
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Fruit salad is a mixture of pieces of different kinds of fruit. It is usually eaten as a dessert.kiwi fruit (kiwi fruitor kiwi fruits)
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A kiwi fruit is a fruit with a brown hairy skin and green flesh.pas|sion fruit (passion fruit)
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A passion fruit is a small, round, brown fruit that is produced by certain types of tropical flower.soft fruit (soft fruits)
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Soft fruits are small fruits with soft skins, such as strawberries and currants. (BRIT; in AM, use berries)
1 [N-VAR]
Fruit or a fruit is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can eat.
Fresh fruit and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins.
...bananas and other tropical fruits...
Try to eat at least one piece of fruit a day.
2 [VERB] V
If a plant fruits, it produces fruit.
The scientists will study the variety of trees and observe which are fruiting.
3 [N-COUNT] usu the N of n
The fruits or the fruit of someone's work or activity are the good things that result from it.
The team have really worked hard and Mansell is enjoying the fruits of that labour...
The findings are the fruit of more than three years research.
4
see also dried fruit, forbidden fruit, passion fruit, passion fruit
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
He was naturally disappointed when the talks failed to bear fruit.
6 [PHRASE] oft PHR of n
The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
This project is one of the first fruits of commercial co-operation between the two countries.dried fruit (dried fruits)
[N-VAR]
Dried fruit is fruit that has been preserved by being dried; used especially to refer to currants, raisins, or sultanas, which are kinds of dried grapes.for|bid|den fruit (forbidden fruits)
[N-VAR]
Forbidden fruit is a source of pleasure that involves breaking a rule or doing something that you are not supposed to do.
...the forbidden fruit of an illicit romance.fruit bowl (fruit bowls)
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A fruit bowl is a large bowl in which fruit is kept and displayed.fruit cock|tail (fruit cocktails)
[N-VAR]
Fruit cocktail is a mixture of pieces of different kinds of fruit eaten as part of a meal.fruit fly (fruit flies)
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Fruit flies are very small flies which eat fruit and rotting plants.fruit ma|chine (fruit machines)
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A fruit machine is a machine used for gambling. You put money into it and if a particular combination of symbols, especially fruit, appears, you win money. (BRIT; in AM, use slot machine)fruit sal|ad (fruit salads)
[N-VAR]
Fruit salad is a mixture of pieces of different kinds of fruit. It is usually eaten as a dessert.kiwi fruit (kiwi fruitor kiwi fruits)
[N-VAR]
A kiwi fruit is a fruit with a brown hairy skin and green flesh.pas|sion fruit (passion fruit)
[N-VAR]
A passion fruit is a small, round, brown fruit that is produced by certain types of tropical flower.soft fruit (soft fruits)
[N-VAR]
Soft fruits are small fruits with soft skins, such as strawberries and currants. (BRIT; in AM, use berries)