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UK
/fɹˈuːt/
]
[ US /ˈfɹut/ ]
[ US /ˈfɹut/ ]
VERB
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bear fruit
the trees fruited early this year - cause to bear fruit
NOUN
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the consequence of some effort or action
he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
- an amount of a product
How To Use fruit In A Sentence
- The interiors are beautifully kept and the countryside is lush and fruitful. Times, Sunday Times
- Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- I thought he was a bit of a fruitcake or an odd fish.
- During 1901-02, a shop was built on what became Part Three of Lot 245, which was leased to fruiterer Albert Blencoe.
- Take the white of one egg, and measure just as much cold water; mix the two well, and stir stiff with confectioners 'sugar; add a little flavoring, vanilla, or almond, or pistache, and, for some candies, color with a tiny speck of fruit paste. A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
- trees heavy with fruit
- The pictures show squares within squares - the water-holding depressions that in ancient times made the gardens fruitful.
- I've got a terrible string of fruity obscenities building up inside me.
- You must avoid applying concentrated materials to the tree at gallonages that allow the material to dribble to the lower surface of the fruit.