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- [froot]
- /frut/
- /fruːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [froot]
- /frut/
Definitions of fruit word
- noun plural fruit any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. 1
- noun plural fruit the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple. 1
- noun plural fruit the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana. 1
- noun plural fruit the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen. 1
- noun plural fruit anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit: the fruits of one's labors. 1
- noun plural fruit Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual. 1
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Origin of fruit
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English < Old French < Latin frūctus enjoyment, profit, fruit, equivalent to frūg-, variant stem of fruī to enjoy the produce of + -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Fruit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fruit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fruit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fruit
noun fruit
- product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- crop — Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
- produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- grain — granularity
verb fruit
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
- ripen — fruit, etc.: mature
- mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
Antonyms for fruit
noun fruit
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
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