fruit

Definitions

1. 1transitive 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.

2. 2transitive 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.

3. 3transitive verb

   The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.

4. 4transitive verb

   The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.

5. 5transitive verb

   The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.

6. 6transitive 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.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To bear fruit.

8. 8noun

   an amount of a product

   Synonyms

   yield
9. 9noun

   the consequence of some effort or action

   "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"

10. 10noun

    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

11. 11verb

    bear fruit

    "the trees fruited early this year"

12. 12verb

    cause to bear fruit