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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
- 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
- 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
- I thought he was a bit of a fruitcake or an odd fish.
- 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.
- But more needs to be done with stories like this particular one, if you want to see your hard work come to fruition in ousting George W. Bush from the White House, along with any other of his cronies who have blood on their hands, from George W. Bush†™ s futile ‘War On Terror†™. Think Progress » 60 Minutes: CIA Official Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall 2002